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Alhambra - Granada - Spain
Vigne, Godfrey Thomas FRGS, born 1801 - died 1863 - Enlarge image
Alhambra - Granada - Spain
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
Spain (painted)
Granada (painted) - Date:
before 14/03/1831 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Vigne, Godfrey Thomas FRGS, born 1801 - died 1863 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Graphite pencil drawing
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
- Museum number:
SD.1134
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Pencil drawing titled 'Alhambra - Granada - Spain' depicting the Alhambra from the Plaza de San Nicholas in the Albaycin, Granada
Place of Origin
Spain (painted)
Granada (painted)
Date
before 14/03/1831 (painted)
Artist/maker
Vigne, Godfrey Thomas FRGS, born 1801 - died 1863 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Graphite pencil drawing
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title
Dimensions
Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 37.1 cm
Object history note
According to Rodney Searight: - `acquired from Henry D'Olier Vigne, great-nephew of the artist, May 1971, £200'. [with SD.1087-1101, SD.1103 & 1104: SD1105-1130, SD.1132, SD.1137-1138, SD.1150, SD.1153]
Historical context note
Painted by the artist on his journey home to England from India in 1839.
Descriptive line
Drawing by Godfrey Thomas Vigne FRGS, `Alhambra - Granada - Spain', graphite on paper, before 1831
Materials
Graphite; Paper
Techniques
Drawn
Subjects depicted
Fortifications; Palaces
Categories
Drawings
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
