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Pompey's Pillar with part of Alexandria taken from the N.E.

Wash Drawing
1830 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brown wash drawing


Object details

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Object type
TitlePompey'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
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 27.5cm
  • Width: 42.6cm
Styles
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.)
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.494

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2008
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