Dragoman Mahomet
Watercolour
1874 (painted)
1874 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Dragoman Mahomet (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, with gum, heightened with white, on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Dragoman Mahomet', 1874, by Elijah Walton |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the back with title, Alexandria and date 14 [...illegible] 1874, signed Elijah Walton, and Original |
| 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 fr Abbott & Holder, Jan.1970, £12 '. A version of the watercolour exhibited at The Pall Mall Gallery, `Sinai, Egypt, The Alps', 1868 (44), titled Dragoman (Mohammed), Cairo, and possibly also at Walton's Gallery, Collection of Oil & Water-Colour Paintings, c.1870 (76), titled A Dragoman of Cairo. |
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| Accession number | SD.1181 |
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| Record created | April 23, 2008 |
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