Abu Gosh
Drawing
1840 (drawn)
1840 (drawn)
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One of a series of 25 sketches, formerly in a sketch book, mounted on 18 sheets of blue or brown wove paper, of landscapes, buildings and figures in Palestine and Lebanon
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Materials and techniques | Pencil |
Brief description | Drawing, `Abu Gosh' [Abu Gosh], 1840, by Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, KG |
Physical description | One of a series of 25 sketches, formerly in a sketch book, mounted on 18 sheets of blue or brown wove paper, of landscapes, buildings and figures in Palestine and Lebanon |
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Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title on mount |
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:- `[Mrs.Egerton, by descent]; Bt Sotheby's, [3] Nov.1977 [(50)], £220: one of six Lots of sketches by the same artist, of which this Lot, if the most interesting, was also the most expensive in terms of `cost per sketch'!' |
Historical context | Possibly part of the caravanserai at Abu Ghosh, west of Jerusalem. The sketches, apparently from a sketch-book, were mounted in an album, probably by the artist; subsequently disbound.They were made during Egerton's tour of the Mediterranean and the Holy Land, in company with his wife, Harriet (née Greville), in 1840. On their return to England she published privately Journal of A Tour In The Holy Land, in May and June, 1840, [published 1841.] From this most of the sketches can be dated between 28 April (their arrival at Jaffa) and 6 June (an excursion to Baalbek); they arrived in Ancona on their return journey on 17 July. In 1841 Egerton published Lithographs made from sketches made in Syria by Lord Francis Egerton. |
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Accession number | SD.363:4 |
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Record created | January 17, 2008 |
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