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Scene at Seville

Watercolour
1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brightly-coloured fiesta scene with many figures, rapidly painted on silk, mounted in a curvilinear frame. The scene comprises a group of women outdoors in the evening. In the foreground to the right is a fountain.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleScene at Seville (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Water-colour and gouache on silk
Brief description
Painting depicting an evening scene in Seville. Water-colour and gouache on silk by Charles Conder, 1905.
Physical description
Brightly-coloured fiesta scene with many figures, rapidly painted on silk, mounted in a curvilinear frame. The scene comprises a group of women outdoors in the evening. In the foreground to the right is a fountain.
Dimensions
  • Height: 193cm
  • Width: 203.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'C. Conder 1905' (Signature; date)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Amy Sarah Halford
Object history
This painting is listed in John Rothenstein, The Life and Death of Conder, 1938, p.270.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
P.38-1963

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Record createdJune 29, 2000
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