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El Wuish

Etching and Engraving
ca. 1848 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured etching depicting Al Wajh on the coast of Saudi Arabia. Lettered 'Drawn by C.Stanfield. Engraved by E.Goodall'.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • El Wuish (assigned by artist)
  • Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia (generic title)
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'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.4cm
  • Width: 23.6cm
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
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.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.253

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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