Interview of Mr. Bruce with the King of Sennaar's favorite Ladies'
Drawing
ca. 1811 (drawn)
ca. 1811 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker |
On the back, further figure studies
Object details
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| Title | Interview of Mr. Bruce with the King of Sennaar's favorite Ladies' (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and grey wash |
| Brief description | Drawing, `Interview of Mr.Bruce with the King of Sennaar's favorite Ladies', about 1811. after James Bruce |
| Physical description | On the back, further figure studies |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The central sketch on the back is inscribed Agow wom & High Priest of the Sources of the Nile. Geesh.[?] Bruces Travels 1777; two of the other wash sketches are inscribed with references to Boccaccio's Decameron. |
| 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 Holder, Nov, 1972 £14 the pr.'. [i.e. SD.182 & SD.183] |
| Historical context | The drawings SD.182 and SD.183 relate to illustrations in an abridged one volume edition of James Bruce of Kinnaird, Travels Between the Years 1765 and 1773, through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile..., J. & J.Cundee, 1812. This illustration faces p.459, etching, entitled `Interview of Mr.Bruce with the King of Sennaar's favorite Ladies'; the sketch on the back forms part of the vignette on the title page, entitled Sacrificing at the Source of the Nile. They are probably among the original drawings for the `series of graphic illustrations', which the publishers had `designed and engraved expressly for their work.' (Preface p.v), and which may have been based on sketches by Bruce or by his travelling companion, the artist, Luigi Balugani. (See Searight Archive.) Bruce's Travels, first published in five volumes in 1790, was one of the earliest and most detailed accounts of a little known area of Africa and the Near East. |
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| Accession number | SD.183 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2007 |
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