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Convent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai

Watercolour
ca. 1835-1850 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleConvent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Ink, water- and bodycolour over pencil heightened with white
Brief description
Watercolour, `Convent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai', 1845-8, by William Henry Bartlett
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.1cm
  • Approx. width: 34.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on the back Convent of St Catherine (Mount Sinai)
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 Christie's S. Ken., 2 Aug.1976, [165] £20 (+ comn)'. Possibly in Bartlett's studio sale 29.1.1855 (145), bt. Ionides.
Historical context
A version in Bartlett, Forty Days in the Desert, 1848, facing p.81, engraved by E. Brandard; Bartlett, Scripture Sites and Scenes [1849], facing p.96, engraved by E. Brandard.
Bartlett visited the Convent in mid October 1845 on his way from Egypt to Petra. The mountains above the Convent are Jabals Musa and Safsafa (Mounts Sinai and Horeb).
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980
Collection
Accession number
SD.81

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Record createdJuly 13, 2007
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