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Battle near Metemmeh

Drawing
1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketch in an album containing sketches (19) and photographs (26) of views, troops, and events from Lord Wolseley's Nile Campaign of 1884-1885. Half-bound in green morocco


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBattle near Metemmeh (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Brief description
'Battle near Metemmeh'. Pencil sketch in an album containing sketches (19) and photographs (26) of views, troops, and events from Lord Wolseley's Nile Campaign of 1884-1885. Albert Edward, Lord Gleichen
Physical description
Sketch in an album containing sketches (19) and photographs (26) of views, troops, and events from Lord Wolseley's Nile Campaign of 1884-1885. Half-bound in green morocco
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 28.1cm
  • Size of covers width: 36.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title. Dated Jan. 19. 85
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 Sotheby's, June 1970 £52'. [For the whole album]
Historical context
The Nile Campaign included members of the Camel Corps and fellow officers of the Guards Camel Regiment in that corps. See Searight Archive for details of military action and correlation between sketches and Gleichen's publication. Cf. W. S. Perry (SD.772-SD.798), O. Norie (SD.701-SD.702), and contemporary volumes of the Illustrated London News and The Graphic.
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Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.426:33

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Record createdNovember 4, 2008
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