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Port of Yembo, Red Sea

Watercolour
1829-1834 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePort of Yembo, Red Sea (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, ink and watercolour, heightened with white, on stiff paper
Brief description
Watercolour, `Port of Yembo, Red Sea', 1829-1834, by Captain Robert Moresby
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.7cm
  • Width: 39.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Signed R Moresby and inscribed with title, Arab Dow repairing and Mosque; inscribed on a label attached to the back by Captn. R.Moresby the Hon'ble E.I. Co'y's Navy circa 1830
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. Mrs. Schidlof. Dec. 1966 [with one other] £50' [i.e. SD.677-683]
Historical context
SD.677-684 were done during Moresby's Red Sea survey, 1829-34. Five further drawings from this series are in the National Maritime Museum, see Searight Archive. See T. Elwon & R. Moresby, Sailing Directions for the Red Sea, 1841, pp.95-6.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980
  • 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.682

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Record createdMarch 11, 2008
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