Bay of Aden
Watercolour
1842 (painted)
1842 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Bay of Aden (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Brown ink and wash |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Bay of Aden', 1842, possibly by Captain Robert Moresby |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and date 11th. Feby 1842 |
| 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 Sotheby's, May 4th 1977 [(200)], £66'. |
| Historical context | Possibly drawn by Moresby during a journey to India, three years after the capture of Aden by Stafford Bettesworth Haines. See G. Waterfield, Sultans of Aden, 1968, Ch.17. |
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| Accession number | SD.687 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2008 |
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