Cisterns at Carthage, Near Tunis
Watercolour
1857 (painted)
1857 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Cisterns at Carthage, Near Tunis (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour, heightened with white, and gum |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Cisterns at Carthage, Near Tunis', 1857 by Captain Joseph Sparkhall Rundle RN |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered with title and date, and artist's name and dates on mount |
| 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 Marshall Spink/Beach's of S'bury, July 1973: £25. Ex Colln. Sir Ronald Windgate, Bt, by descent from the artist (his grandfather)'. |
| Historical context | SD.899 was made when Rundle was Commander under Captain Henry Broadhead on HMS Brunswick, August 1856 to September 1858. See Beach's of Salisbury and Marshall Spink, exhibition/sale catalogue, 1973, (81); (includes two others by the same artist). |
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| Accession number | SD.899 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2008 |
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