The Cedars of Lebanon
Watercolour
1861 (drawn)
1861 (drawn)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour, heightened with white, on grey paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `The Cedars of Lebanon' [Sunrise, Mount Lebanon], 1861, possibly by Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart, Vice Admiral CB |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed and dated The Cedars of Lebanon. (Jebel Mukhmel) 15th. July 1861 /11.000 feet/ and Village of Bsherreh and Wady Kadisha |
| 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 A.Mathews, May 1973 £50'. |
| Historical context | Ewart was in the Mediterranean c.1860, in command of the Melpomene: a watercolour by him, HMS Melpomene at Malta, signed and dated 1860, is in the NMM. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Romantic Lebanon : the European view, 1700-1900.London : British Lebanese Association,1986
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| Accession number | SD.373 |
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| Record created | January 17, 2008 |
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