Looking up the Nile, south of Aswan
Watercolour
1861-1866 (painted)
1861-1866 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Looking up the Nile, south of Aswan (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Looking up the Nile, south of Aswan', 1861-1866, by John William Burgon |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed by John W Burgon. B.D. Fellow of Oriel Coll. Oxford; in another hand Looking up the Nile S. of Assouan from the Island of Elephantine. Dec: 14th: 1861. and on the back Finished Tuesday July 24th: 1866. From dearest Unckie's drawing. |
| 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 Christie's, [16] March 1979 [185], £22' [with SD189]. Formerly in the collection of John Burgon Bickersteth, godson of the artist. |
| Historical context | From September 1861 to July 1863 Burgon accompanied a Miss Webb and her party on a tour of the Holy Land, visiting Cairo, the Nile, Sinai, Petra, Hebron, Jerusalem, Jaffa and Beirut. See R. Usborne, `Carving their names on the walls of time', Aramco World Magazine, March April 1976. |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.188 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2007 |
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