Nile boats in a northern wind
Drawing
1876 (drawn)
1876 (drawn)
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Drawing
Object details
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| Title | Nile boats in a northern wind (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on prepared paper (Penny's patent metallic paper) |
| Brief description | Drawing, `Nile Boats in a northern wind', about 1877, by Edward William Cooke, RA |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed E W Cooke RA; inscribed with title in another hand on the backing card |
| 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 fr Holder, May 1968 £8:10/ [shillings]' |
| Historical context | This view is reproduced in E.W. Cooke, Leaves From My Sketch-Book, 1877, Vol.II, Pl.36, titled Nile Boats Sailing Up Stream. |
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| Accession number | SD.250 |
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| Record created | December 24, 2007 |
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