A Nubian selling Canes
Watercolour
1852 (painted)
1852 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, A Nubian selling Canes, 1852. Copy after Amadeo Preziosi, by H. H. Morant |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed, signed, dated and numbered on the back An Arab. HH Morant Malta. May 1852. no 19 |
| 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: - `from Mrs M.J. Netting, Jan.1973, for £29'. [SD.676:1-3] |
| Historical context | Three similar studies with the same provenance are dated 1852, 1853, and 1854. SD.676:1-2 are copies of images by Amadeo Preziosi, versions of which exist in an album, sold Christie's 25.6.87 (132): see Preziosi notes. The version by Preziosi in the Christie's album is titled as `A Nubian selling Canes'.. |
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| Accession number | SD.676:2 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2008 |
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