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Villages of Deroot & Sindiour, on the Banks of the Nile

Drawing
1830 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Head, Charles Franklin (Captain) (artist)
Place of origin
Egypt (drawn)

On the back, faint pencil sketch of the Temple of Hathor, Denderah


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Africa
Object type
Drawing
TitleVillages of Deroot & Sindiour, on the Banks of the Nile (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Brown wash over pencil, on thick stiff paper
Brief description
Drawing, `Villages of Deroot & Sindiour, on the Banks of the Nile', 1830, by Captain Charles Franklin Head
Physical description
On the back, faint pencil sketch of the Temple of Hathor, Denderah
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 23.9cm
  • Width: 41.3cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on the back with title 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 Appleby, Oct.1974, £40 (disgraceful!)'.
Historical context
This is a drawing for the artist's Eastern & Egyptian Scenery, Ruins, &c., 1833, Pl. 19, facing p.48. 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.)
Places depicted
Egypt
Nile
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.495

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2008
Record URL
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