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Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
Spiers, Richard Phené - Enlarge image
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
- Object:
Watercolour
- Place of origin:
Lebanon (painted)
- Date:
1866 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Spiers, Richard Phené (FRIBA, FSA), born 1838 - died 1916 (painter (artist))
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil and watercolour, on stiff paper
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
- Museum number:
SD.996
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case 87, shelf SC, box 33
Place of Origin
Lebanon (painted)
Date
1866 (painted)
Artist/maker
Spiers, Richard Phené (FRIBA, FSA), born 1838 - died 1916 (painter (artist))
Materials and Techniques
Pencil and watercolour, on stiff paper
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated R.Phené Spiers. 1866.
BRETON FRERES ET CIE
Dimensions
Height: 34.9 cm, Width: 51.1 cm
Object history note
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt. Bonham's, [19] May 1971 [(178)] £4'.
Historical context note
In 1878 the artist exhibited Temple of Jupiter Baalbec at the RA (849).
Descriptive line
Watercolour, Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, 1866, by Richard Phené Spiers FRIBA FSA
Exhibition History
The Romantic Lebanon (Leighton House 01/01/1986-31/12/1986)
Subjects depicted
Ruins; Temples; Lebanon; Balabakk; Temple of Bacchus
Categories
Paintings
Collection code
PDP
