Picturesque Scenery In The Holy Land And Syria, Delineated During The Campaigns Of 1799 and 1800
Print
1799-1800 (sketched), 1819 (published)
1799-1800 (sketched), 1819 (published)
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Etching and aquatint from a volume of plates (20) with descriptive text, dedicated to Sir William Sidney Smith, depicting 'Picturesque Scenery In The Holy Land And Syria'. Half bound in red morocco, with red morocco label, upper cover. Most plates coloured by hand.
Plates lettered with title. Some numbered. Most lettered, variously, 'Sketched on the Spot by F.B. Spilsbury' and 'Drawn by Dl. Orme. London Pubd. by T. McLean Jan 1. 1819. Edwd. Orme Excudit.', and the name of engraver.
Plates lettered with title. Some numbered. Most lettered, variously, 'Sketched on the Spot by F.B. Spilsbury' and 'Drawn by Dl. Orme. London Pubd. by T. McLean Jan 1. 1819. Edwd. Orme Excudit.', and the name of engraver.
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| Materials and techniques | Etching and aquatint |
| Brief description | Etching and aquatint entitled 'View Of Acre & H.M.Ship Le Tigre. No.1', after a sketch by Francis B. Spilsbury, drawn by Daniel Orme, etched for a volume of plates (20) entitled 'Picturesque Scenery In The Holy Land And Syria, Delineated During The Campaigns Of 1799 and 1800'. Great Britain, 1819. |
| Physical description | Etching and aquatint from a volume of plates (20) with descriptive text, dedicated to Sir William Sidney Smith, depicting 'Picturesque Scenery In The Holy Land And Syria'. Half bound in red morocco, with red morocco label, upper cover. Most plates coloured by hand. Plates lettered with title. Some numbered. Most lettered, variously, 'Sketched on the Spot by F.B. Spilsbury' and 'Drawn by Dl. Orme. London Pubd. by T. McLean Jan 1. 1819. Edwd. Orme Excudit.', and the name of engraver. |
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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.564:1 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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