Algiers
Watercolour
1861 (painted)
1861 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Algiers (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink, water-and bodycolour, heightened with white, on thick paper, mounted on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Algiers', 1861. Artist unknown |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and dated on the back August 12 1861; inscribed on mount in a different hand Algiers. Taken when on board H. M. S. Scourge - with Sir W. Codrington going to Constantinople. |
| 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 Scourge was a paddle sloop that went out to the West Coast of Africa station as flagship in 1854, and was later in the Mediterranean as a private ship, finally returning home in 1861. (Information from National Maritime Museum in Searight Archive.) For former suggested attribution to E. A. Goodall, and for correspondence with National Maritime Museum, see Searight Archive. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.1287:3 |
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| Record created | May 2, 2008 |
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