El Wuish
Etching and Engraving
ca. 1848 (printed)
ca. 1848 (printed)
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Hand-coloured etching depicting Al Wajh on the coast of Saudi Arabia. Lettered 'Drawn by C.Stanfield. Engraved by E.Goodall'.
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Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured etching |
Brief description | Hand-coloured etching by Edward Goodall, after a drawing by Captain Robert Elliot of the Red Sea, entitled 'El Wuish'. Published in London, ca. 1848. |
Physical description | Hand-coloured etching depicting Al Wajh on the coast of Saudi Arabia. Lettered 'Drawn by C.Stanfield. Engraved by E.Goodall'. |
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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 |
Production | Different states of this plate illustrate E. Roberts, ‘Views in India, China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea’, H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1835, Vol.1; R. Elliot, ‘Views in the East’, Fisher, 1833, Vol.2; and E. Roberts, ‘Hindostan Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs; The Shores of the Red Sea...’, 1845 47,Vols.1 and 2. |
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Accession number | SP.253 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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