The Room of the Beds in the Alhambra
Watercolour
after 1848 (painted)
after 1848 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Room of the Beds in the Alhambra (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, The Room of the Beds in the Alhambra, after 1848. Artist unknown |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | On the back, inscribed [incorrectly] by Sir William Gore Ouseley 25 ?Persia, probably in a modern hand |
| 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 | The Room of the Beds was not often chosen as a subject by artists. The main room of the Royal Baths, it underwent restoration from 1848-66. For a description of the room by an English traveller in 1843, and for further information about the restoration of the Alhambra, see Searight Archive. Dr. T. Raquejo, `The "Arab Cathedrals": Moorish architecture as seen by British Travellers', Burlington Magazine, August, 1986, pp.555-563. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.1260 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2008 |
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