The Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives
Watercolour
1922 (drawn)
1922 (drawn)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | The Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black chalk, stuck down on card |
| Brief description | Drawing, The Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, 1922, by Major George Henry Benton Fletcher |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated Benton Fletcher. 1922. and inscribed Jerusalem.; inscribed on a separate label To Waldorf Astor. The Picture of Jerusalem wh. hangs over my Bed - by Major Benton Fletcher - (as I know he was so interested in Jerusalem - & when he went there
about 1930 ? - & we talked of it so much. I think he might find a place for it in his Room at Sandwich |
| 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 Sotheby's, Jan.25th, 1968, £10'. |
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| Accession number | SD.386 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2008 |
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