The Town of Tiberias on the Lake of Gennesereth or Sea of Galilee
Watercolour
1801-1812 (painted)
1801-1812 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | The Town of Tiberias on the Lake of Gennesereth or Sea of Galilee (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil |
| Brief description | Watercolour, The Town of Tiberias on the Lake of Gennesereth or Sea of Galilee, probably by the Reverend Edward Daniel Clarke |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title on the back and on paper mount. Inscribed on the back of the paper mount with another description of the mountains around the Sea of Galilee |
| 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: - `The 4 drawings bt fr Schidlof, 1968, £10'. [SD.230-SD.233] |
| Historical context | View illustrating The Revd E. D. Clarke, Travels in various countries of Europe Asia And Africa, Part II, Greece Egypt and The Holy Land, Section I, 1812, facing p.462, lettered Lake of Gennesareth, or Sea of Galilee, with the Town of Tiberias, and the Baths of Emmaus; taken from the western side, looking towards the Country of the Gaderenes., E.D. Clarke delin. and Etchd. by Letitia Byrne. Clarke visited the sites depicted in SD.230-SD.233 in July 1801, but may have redrawn these watercolours from sketches made on the spot. |
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| Accession number | SD.231 |
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| Record created | December 23, 2007 |
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