A Scene on board His Majesty's Ship Swiftsure. off Alexandria in Egypt - Sepr. 10th 1798
Watercolour
1798 (painted)
1798 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | A Scene on board His Majesty's Ship Swiftsure. off Alexandria in Egypt - Sepr. 10th 1798 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, laid down on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `A Scene on board His Majesty's Ship Swiftsure. off Alexandria in Egypt - ', 1798, by Revd Cooper Willyams |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Cooper Willyams fecit., inscribed with title, dated Sepr.. 10th. 1798. |
| 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 Christie's S.Ken Feb.'81, £40'. |
| Historical context | Reproduced as an etching and aquatint, in C. Willyams A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, 1802, entitled Moors on board the Swiftsure, facing p.96. |
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| Accession number | SD.1210 |
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| Record created | April 24, 2008 |
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