General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem The Jaffa Gate
Watercolour
1917 (painted)
1917 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem The Jaffa Gate (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour, on paper stuck down on board |
| Brief description | Watercolour `General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem The Jaffa Gate, 1917, by Alfred Charles Bailey |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated A Bailey 17; inscribed with title in another hand on separate label |
| 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: - `Bt Christies S. Kensington, Apl.1975, £44'. |
| Historical context | General Allenby made his official entry into Jerusalem on 11 December 1917. Bailey appears to have copied, with minor alterations, a photograph which appeared in the Illustrated London News and The Graphic on 19 January 1918. |
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| Accession number | SD.72 |
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| Record created | July 12, 2007 |
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