Monumental Gateway, Patara, Turkey
Watercolour
1842 (painted)
1842 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Monumental Gateway, Patara, Turkey (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink and wash, water- and bodycolour over pencil, heightened with white, on grey paper, stuck down on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Monumental Gateway, Patara, Turkey, 1842, by Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart, Vice Admiral CB |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on back of card Triumphal Arch Patera Lycia and similarly, in a later hand, on old 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: - `Bt Appleby, June 1971 £45'. |
| Historical context | Patara, at the mouth of the Xanthus river (Esen Çay), was the principal port on the coast of Lycia. |
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| Accession number | SD.371 |
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| Record created | January 17, 2008 |
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