Sketches In Egypt & In The Holy Land By The Right Honorable Lord Wharncliffe Taken During The Year 1855
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1856 (printed)
1856 (printed)
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Lithographed plates (20) of which 18 are after sketches by Lord Wharncliffe, in a green morocco, gilt bound volume. Portrait plates lettered with facsimile signatures of sitters, names of original artists, and engravers' names. Other plates lettered with titles.
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Materials and techniques | Portrait plates, lithograph. Other plates, lithograph with two tint-stones, coloured by hand |
Brief description | Lithograph depicting the Temple of Isis at Philae, after a drawing by John Stuart Wortley, second Baron Wharncliffe, from a volume of plates (20) entitled 'Sketches In Egypt & In The Holy Land By The Right Honorable Lord Wharncliffe Taken During The Year 1855.' Great Britain, 1856. |
Physical description | Lithographed plates (20) of which 18 are after sketches by Lord Wharncliffe, in a green morocco, gilt bound volume. Portrait plates lettered with facsimile signatures of sitters, names of original artists, and engravers' names. Other plates lettered with titles. |
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Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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Accession number | SP.648:17 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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