Walls of Antioch
Watercolour
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Watercolour, Walls of Antioch, after Louis François Cassas
Object details
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| Title | Walls of Antioch (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink and wash |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Walls of Antioch, after Louis François Cassas |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and Cassas |
| 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. in a lot at Christies, say abt. £10.' Formerly attributed to W.H. Bartlett, and subsequently to C. Hamilton Smith. see Searight Archive. A copy, with variations, of an engraving by M.[?] Picquenot after L.F. Cassas entitled Antioche, nommé par les Arabes Anthakyah - Vue de la Porte de Fer (Bab-el-Hhadyd) qui conduit à Alep (Hhaleb) par les montagnes, published in Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine et de la Basse Egypte, 1799, Vol.I, No.9. |
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| Accession number | SD.216 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2007 |
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