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Tanger

Watercolour
1850 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleTanger (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white
Brief description
`Tanger', 1850, by Auguste Delacroix
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Width: 43.8cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Signed A Delacroix, inscribed with title and dated Oct. 1850.; inscribed in a different hand A Delacroix. and numbered 39 on former mount
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
This object belonged to Rodney Searight who noted:- `Bt fr Valenti, April 1967....£60'. [with SD.308. It once belonged to the Duc de Montpensier.]
Historical context
This is a view of the harbour with the city's walls.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Aslet, Clive, Elkan, Jenny, et al. Great Cities in the 19th Century. London : Fine Art Society, 1985 no.125
Collection
Accession number
SD.307

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Record createdJanuary 4, 2008
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