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Gibraltar

Watercolour
1814 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGibraltar (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Water- and bodycolour, heightened with white, over pencil, laid down on paper
Brief description
Watercolour, `Gibraltar', 1814, by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Ogilvie MacNiven
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.1cm
  • Width: 34.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on the back in a later hand with title and View of the Town & Fortress of Ceuta taken from the sea shortly after leaving Ceuta in a boat. by Lieut. Thomas William Ogilvie Mc Niven XXVIth or Cameronian Regt of t[...] 1814
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. fr. F.T. Sabin, Albemarle St. £18 July 1965 '.
Historical context
See also SD.1337
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.613

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Record createdFebruary 28, 2008
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