Fellahin preparing the ground, with an overseer
Watercolour
1820-1821 (painted)
1820-1821 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Fellahin preparing the ground, with an overseer (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Fellahin preparing the ground, with an overseer. Possibly by S. Bossi, about 1816 |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | J.WHATMAN 1816 (paper watermarked) |
| 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 | Rodney Searight Collection |
| Historical context | The fellahin may be raking the ground flat in preparation for the planting of indigo. The attribution to Bossi rests on stylistic similarities to lithographs from drawings by `S. Bossi' in Edward Joshua Cooper, Views in Egypt and Nubia, [1824-27]. Bossi, according to the DNB, an artist from Rome, was engaged by Cooper for his visit to Egypt in 1820-21. In the Preface to his book Cooper pays tribute to Bossi's work and records that the illustrations were 'a selection from his drawings'. SD124-126 may be three of the remaining unpublished drawings. |
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| Accession number | SD.124 |
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| Record created | October 4, 2007 |
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