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Mosque of Sidi Bou-Said

Watercolour
ca. 1860 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Brabazon, Hercules Brabazon (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Tunisia (painted)
Carthage (painted)

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
Titles
  • Mosque of Sidi Bou-Said (assigned by artist)
  • Mosque of Sayyid Abu Said (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Chalk, water- and bodycolour heightened with white, on grey paper
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, Mosque of Sidi Bou-Said [Sayyid Abu Said] near Carthage, by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.6cm
  • Width: 25cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
Signed faintly HBB and (perhaps falsely) in red chalk Brabazon; inscribed with title on the back
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - 'Bt.fr.G.Norman, Westbourne Grove. July '61 £2'.
Place depicted
Carthage
Bibliographic references
  • Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980
  • Searight, Rodney. The Middle East : watercolours and drawings by British and foreign artists and travellers, 1750-1900, from the collection of Rodney Searight, Esq. London, 1971
  • Khatib, Hisham et al., On the banks of the Jordan : British nineteenth century painters, Jordan : National Press, 1986 7
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.138

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Record createdOctober 4, 2007
Record URL
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