Vallée de Doueera
Drawing
1847 (painted)
1847 (painted)
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Drawing
Object details
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| Title | Vallée de Doueera (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour over pencil, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Vallée de Doueera' [Douéra], 1847, by Le Comte de Tharon. |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Le Comte de Tharon Pinxt, inscribed with title and dated 1847; on back of [?] original mount label inscribed March of Troops through the Valley of Doncera [?] - Algiers by M. le Comte de Tharon. 1847 and in another hand on a further label March of troops through the Valley of D[...] |
| 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, [(188)] Dec.1973, £15 (with another), by R. McKenzie' |
| Historical context | At the end of 1847 the Algerian leader Abd el Kader surrendered to the invading French troops. |
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| Accession number | SD.1043 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2008 |
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