The Sepulchre of Absalom
Watercolour
1792 (painted)
1792 (painted)
| Artist/Maker |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Sepulchre of Absalom (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on laid paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, The Sepulchre of Absalom, 1792, by Luigi Mayer |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| 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. Victor Maly, Broughton, March 1967 17/-[shillings]' |
| Historical context | Possibly an on-the-spot drawing, dating from Mayer's visit to Syria in 1792: see SD.646. Cf. worked up versions by Mayer: Tomb partly cut into the rock, called Absalom's Rock, and another called `Jehosophat's' Rock, giving its name to the Valley near Jerusalem, Eyre & Hobhouse, 1983 (29); and aquatints in Mayer, Palestine, 1804, Pl.14, titled The Sepulchre Of Absalom, 1803, and in Mayer, Turkey in Europe and Asia, 1801[-06], [Part 2], Pl.8, titled Tomb Of Absalsom, 1805 (see SP.377 & SP.380). |
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| Bibliographic reference | See large group of gouche drawings by Luigi Mayer, commissioned by Robert Ainslie (1729-1812) in Adam's Country House Collections at Slane Castle, Co. Meath, catalogue of auction held on 6th October 2009, lots 517 to 542. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.649 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2008 |
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