System adopted by the earliest Pyramid builders for setting out their work
Watercolour
1891 (painted)
1891 (painted)
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One of six sketches pasted down together on a card mount
Object details
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| Title | System adopted by the earliest Pyramid builders for setting out their work (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour, on paper, stuck down on card, formerly in an album |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `System adopted by the earliest Pyramid builders for setting out their work.', 1891, by H. E. Howard |
| Physical description | One of six sketches pasted down together on a card mount |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Card mount inscribed EGYPT, Flinders Petrie's diggings. This drawing is inscribed with title and descriptive note and plan on card; inscribed variously on sketch |
| 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: - `Albums [SD.509-SD.513] sold at Christie's 11.2.69 (24). |
| Historical context | This sketch relates to excavations undertaken at Meidum by Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942). |
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| Accession number | SD.513:3 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2008 |
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