Cyprus
Watercolour
1879 (painted)
1879 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, A Coastal View in Cyprus: Kyrenia, 1879, by Tristram James Ellis |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed, inscribed and dated Tristram Ellis Cyprus 1879 (Apparently there was formerly an inscription on the back of the mount: Kyrenia No.19 The northern range from Kyrenia Castle put in eagles sponge sky. [See Searight Archive]) |
| 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, May 1973 (ex Phillips) £25'. |
| Historical context | The watercolour may have been included in the artist's exhibition of his Cyprus views at the Belgian Gallery, London, 1879 (see The Portfolio, 1879, p.144). |
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| Accession number | SD.365 |
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| Record created | January 17, 2008 |
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