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Bethlehem

Watercolour
1801-1812 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBethlehem (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil
Brief description
Bethlehem, 1801-1812, probably by the Reverend Edward Daniel Clarke
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.8cm
  • Width: 21.3cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title on the back and on paper mount. Inscribed on the back of the paper mount with a description of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
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: - `The 4 drawings bt fr Schidlof, 1968, £10'. [SD.230-SD.233]
Historical context
View illustrating The Revd E. D. Clarke, Travels in various countries of Europe Asia And Africa, Part II, Greece Egypt and The Holy Land, Section I, 1812, facing p.616, lettered Bethlehem to the N.E. with the Monastery containing the Cave of the Nativity, to the left.,
E.D.Clarke del. and Etchd. by Letitia Byrne.
Clarke visited the sites depicted in SD.230-SD.233 in July 1801, but may have redrawn these watercolours from sketches made on the spot.
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Khatib, Hisham et al., On the banks of the Jordan : British nineteenth century painters, Jordan : National Press, 1986 8
Collection
Accession number
SD.232

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Record createdDecember 23, 2007
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