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Pyramids and Sphinx - Sun setting

Drawing
ca. 1830 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Egypt (drawn)

Drawing


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Death
Object type
Drawing
TitlePyramids and Sphinx - Sun setting (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink and wash
Pen and Ink
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Pyramids and Sphinx - Sun setting, about 1830. Artist unknown
Physical description
Drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.4cm
  • Width: 16.9cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on the back Pyrimids, & Sphinx Sun Setting
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Historical context
A sketch [one of a set of seven, SD.1243:1-7], for an illustration in Revd Michael Russell, View of Ancient And Modern Egypt; with an outline of its natural history, Edinburgh, 1831, facing p.116. SD.1243:1-7 are copied and adapted from plates in the Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, ed. E. F. Jomard, 20 vols, Paris, 1809-22. The titles given here are those of the engravings in Russell's book. The title page of this book credits the engravings to Branston. SD.1243:3 is adapted from Description, Antiquités, Vol.V, Pl.8.
These drawings formerly attributed to Joseph Schranz.
Subjects depicted
Pyramids (Tombs)
Sphinxes
Places depicted
Egypt
Sphinx
Pyramids of Giza
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.1243:3

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Record createdApril 28, 2008
Record URL
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