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Sketches In Egypt & In The Holy Land By The Right Honorable Lord Wharncliffe Taken During The Year 1855

Print
1856 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Sketches In Egypt & In The Holy Land By The Right Honorable Lord Wharncliffe Taken During The Year 1855 (series title)
  • Ruins At Philoe (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Portrait plates, lithograph. Other plates, lithograph with two tint-stones, coloured by hand
Brief description
Lithograph depicting the Kiosk of Trajan and 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.5cm
  • Width: 38cm
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
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.648:16

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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