Sketch for Grand Cairo
Drawing
1796-1864 (made)
1796-1864 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Drawing, Sketch for `Grand Cairo', 1839. Copy after David Roberts RA
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sketch for Grand Cairo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil heightened with white |
| Brief description | Drawing, Sketch for `Grand Cairo', 1839. Copy after David Roberts RA |
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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 |
| Historical context | Formerly this was thought to be the preliminary sketch for SD.873, one of those recorded by Roberts in his diary for 18 January 1839: `Today I made three sketches of parts of the town as seen from the mounds outside the walls'. See also SD.875. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Guiterman, Helen & Llewellyn, Helen David Roberts, Oxford : Phaidon Press and Barbican Art Gallery, 1986
no.141 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.874 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2008 |
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