Cairo
Watercolour
ca. 1900-1926 (painted)
ca. 1900-1926 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cairo (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Cairo', about 1900-1926, by Spyrodon Scarvelli (1868-1942) |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Scarvelli and inscribed with title; on the back, inscribed Vue parmi les Tombeaux des Califes. -7- S.Scarvelli |
| 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: - `J.W. Jarvis, to whom it was presented by his colleagues in the Egyptian State Telegraphs & Telephones on his leaving Egypt, August 1927 (see Christie's catalogue, 12.ii.74, Lot 179)...Bt Christies, Feb.1974, £21'. |
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| Accession number | SD.913 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2008 |
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