Lake Tiberias
Watercolour
1857 (painted)
1857 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Lake Tiberias (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Lake Tiberias', 1857, by Maria Harriett Mathias (née Rawstorne) |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
| Dimensions |
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| Styles | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and dated June 22 |
| 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 | SD.628-632 were probably originally in an album containing watercolour views by the artist of her tour in Egypt, the Levant and Italy (and botanical studies), all inscribed and many dated between 1856-7, sold at Christie's 29.9.78 (160). SD.633-637 were contained in the same album, and were bought by The Fine Art Society, London, from whom bought. by RGS. |
| Places depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Khatib, Hisham et al., On the banks of the Jordan : British nineteenth century painters, Jordan : National Press, 1986
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.634 |
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| Record created | February 29, 2008 |
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