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Oriental Sketches

Print
1840-1 (made), 1843 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured lithograph from a volume of plates (26) after sketches by the artist made in Turkey, Syria and Egypt. With key (one sheet). Unbound, in publisher's portfolio, red imitation morocco cloth boards, crimson morocco spine; crimson morocco label on front lettered in gilt within gilt rules Sir David Wilkie's / Oriental Sketches, 1843.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Oriental Sketches (series title)
  • An Arab Family (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, coloured by hand
Brief description
Hand-coloured lithograph by Joseph Nash, entitled 'An Arab Family', after a drawing by Sir David Wilkie from a volume of plates (26) entitled 'Oriental Sketches In Turkey, Syria & Egypt'. British School, 1840 & 1841.
Physical description
Hand-coloured lithograph from a volume of plates (26) after sketches by the artist made in Turkey, Syria and Egypt. With key (one sheet). Unbound, in publisher's portfolio, red imitation morocco cloth boards, crimson morocco spine; crimson morocco label on front lettered in gilt within gilt rules Sir David Wilkie's / Oriental Sketches, 1843.
Dimensions
  • Sie of cloth boards height: 56.7cm
  • Width: 46.3cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.652:20

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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