Theatre, with the Sarcophagus and Harpy Tombs, Xanthus
Watercolour
1842 (painted)
1842 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Theatre, with the Sarcophagus and Harpy Tombs, Xanthus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour, over pencil, on grey paper stuck down on mount |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Theatre, with the Sarcophagus and `Harpy' Tombs, Xanthus, Turkey, 1842, by Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart, Vice Admiral CB |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed on old mount C. J. F. Ewart. |
| 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. Appleby, May 1971 £60'. |
| Historical context | The watercolour shows the `Harpy' Tomb (on the right) after the reliefs which formerly covered the sides had been removed by Charles Fellows in January 1842. Ewart was Lieutenant on the Monarch which, with the Medea, in May-June 1842, was seconded from the British fleet in the Mediterranean to transport the sculptures from Xanthus to England, where they were reassembled in the BM. (See C. Fellows, Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, 1852, p.455; and T.A.B. Spratt, Travels in Lycia, 1847, Vol.I, pp.296-7). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980 |
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| Accession number | SD.370 |
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| Record created | January 17, 2008 |
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