Temple de Ipsamboul
Watercolour
ca. 1846 (painted)
ca. 1846 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Temple de Ipsamboul (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, with scratching out |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Temple de Ipsamboul', about 1846, by Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds, Bey and Pasha |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated Linant de Bellefonds 184[?]6 [date partly cut away]; inscribed on former mount with title, name of artist and No. 52 |
| 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. at Sothebys, June 1967; the pair [with SD.588] £15'. Ex Colln. Duc de Montpensier. |
| Historical context | Linant accompanied the Duc de Montpensier on a trip to Upper Egypt in 1845: see Mazuel, L'Oeuvre Géographique de Linant de Bellefonds, Cairo, 1937, p.8. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Searight, Rodney. The Middle East : watercolours and drawings by British and foreign artists and travellers, 1750-1900, from the collection of Rodney Searight, Esq. London, 1971 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.587 |
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| Record created | February 27, 2008 |
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