Bethlehem
Watercolour
1801-1812 (painted)
1801-1812 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bethlehem (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil |
| Brief description | Bethlehem, 1801-1812, 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 a description of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem |
| 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.616, lettered Bethlehem to the N.E. with the Monastery containing the Cave of the Nativity, to the left., E.D.Clarke del. 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. |
| Place depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Khatib, Hisham et al., On the banks of the Jordan : British nineteenth century painters, Jordan : National Press, 1986
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.232 |
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| Record created | December 23, 2007 |
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