The Trouble in Morocco: A Gateway at Fez after a Defeat of the Rebels

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Artist/Maker	Charlton, John (RBA ROI) (painter (artist))
Place of origin	Fez (painted)

Watercolour drawing

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Category	Paintings
Object type	Watercolour
Title	The Trouble in Morocco: A Gateway at Fez after a Defeat of the Rebels (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Water- and bodycolour over pencil, heightened with white Watercolour Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour, `The Trouble in Morocco: A Gateway at Fez after a Defeat of the Rebels', 1902-1903, by John Charlton
Physical description	Watercolour drawing
Dimensions	Height: 33.5cm Width: 27cm
Styles	British School Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions	Signed J.C
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, Feb.1972 £7.50'.
Historical context	Reroduced in The Graphic, 10 January 1903. Following the routing of a band of rebels by the troops of the Sultan, twenty heads were placed as trophies on the Bab al-Maharraq in Fez. The drawing is after a sketch by Charles Rosher. See The Graphic, 1903, and Searight Archive.
Subject depicted	Gate Towers
Place depicted	Fez
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SD.228

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Record created	December 23, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O142341/the-trouble-in-morocco-a-watercolour-charlton-john-rba/

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