Pompey's Pillar with part of Alexandria taken from the N.E.
Wash Drawing
1830 (drawn)
1830 (drawn)
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Brown wash drawing
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Title | Pompey's Pillar with part of Alexandria taken from the N.E. (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Brown wash over pencil, on thick stiff paper |
Brief description | Drawing, `Pompey's Pillar With Part Of Alexandria. taken from the N.E.', 1830, by Captain Charles Franklin Head |
Physical description | Brown wash drawing |
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Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the back Pompeys Pillar Alexandria and, incorrectly [or falsely] in a later hand, D. Roberts |
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 Christie's, July 1971, £10 ("attributed to David Roberts")' |
Historical context | This is a drawing for the artist's Eastern & Egyptian Scenery, Ruins, &c., 1833, Pl. 20, facing p.52. It is one of a group of simliar drawings. [SD.494-SD.498]. The title given is that of the corresponding lithograph in Head's publication. [see SP.313]. Head arrived in Qusayr from Jiddah and Bombay on 28 December 1829, crossed the desert to Luxor, January 1830, and travelled up the Nile, reaching Alexandria 18 February 1830. For further discussion of his volume of lithographs after his sketches (SP.313) and of the Overland Route, see Searight Archive. See also Captain Robert Moresby (SD.677-SD.687.) |
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Accession number | SD.494 |
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Record created | February 8, 2008 |
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