Baalbek
Watercolour
1864 (painted)
1864 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Baalbek (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour with scraping out, heightened with gum, on thick paper stuck down on board |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Baalbek, 1864, by Carl Haag RWS |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated Carl Haag 1864. |
| 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 R.Appleby, Aug, 1967, £10'. Possibly exhibited at the OWS, 1865, (129) as The Ruins of Baalbek. |
| Historical context | Haag visited Baalbek in November 1859. Subsequently he painted several watercolour views of the ruins, including one for the Prince of Wales Royal Collection), and others which he sold to the dealer, Gambart. At least two versions of the composition of SD.460 are known: one, signed and dated 1860, sold Christie's 29.1.80 (100); the second, commissioned by Colonel Pennant on 5 May 1860, now at Penryhn Castle (The National Trust). See Searight Archive and D. Millar (forthcoming catalogue). Haag also exhibited views of Baalbek at the OWS in 1862 (25,134) and 1863 (69). |
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| Accession number | SD.460 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2008 |
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