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The Halt

Watercolour
1876 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • The Halt (assigned by artist)
  • A study of a camel (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour `The Halt' [A study of a Camel] by Guido R. Bach, 1876
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.2cm
  • Sheet width: 46.4cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Signed, inscribed and dated Guido Bach. Cairo 76
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - [This and SD71] `The two, bt fr Holder, Feb.1971 £25'.
Historical context
This and several other sketches of Cairo and Algiers were reproduced in `An Artist's Tour Among the Arabs, from water-colour sketches by Guido Bach R.I.', The Graphic, 17 January 1885, pp.65, 66, 68, 69, [this one p.72.]
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.70

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Record createdJuly 12, 2007
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