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`Ruins of the ancient castles of Kaleh-Saleh & Kaleh Sjekarsi at the Entrance of the Plain of Persepolis'

Watercolour
1818-1846 (Painted)
Artist/Maker

Watercolour in a volume entitled VIEWS. SYRIA, ARABIA, PERSIA and consisting of drawings (105) on 100 sheets, with end-papers; half-bound in crimson morocco


Object details

Category
Object type
Title`Ruins of the ancient castles of Kaleh-Saleh & Kaleh Sjekarsi at the Entrance of the Plain of Persepolis' (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil
Brief description
`Ruins of the ancient castles of Kaleh-Saleh & Kaleh Sjekarsi at the Entrance of the Plain of Persepolis', 1818-1846. Watercolour in a volume (one of two) containing drawings by Charles Hamilton Smith
Physical description
Watercolour in a volume entitled VIEWS. SYRIA, ARABIA, PERSIA and consisting of drawings (105) on 100 sheets, with end-papers; half-bound in crimson morocco
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 42cm
  • Size of covers width: 33.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title and signed with initials CHS. Also inscribed with key
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
There is no record of Smith having visited the area depicted here; more likely, the drawing is a copy from a plate in a book in his huge private library. See Searight Archive. See also volumes of drawings by Smith in VAM, WID
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.983:45

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2009
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