Distant View of Bushire in the Persian Gulf
Watercolour
1822-1825 (painted)
1822-1825 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Distant View of Bushire in the Persian Gulf (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour over pencil, heightened with white, mounted on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Distant View of Bushire in the Persian Gulf, 1821-1825, by James Baillie Fraser |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on separate strip of card Distant View of Bushire in the Persian Gulf - Date trees and Arab huts in the foreground. |
| 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 Bonhams, Aug, 4th 1976, £5 the pair [SD.392 & 393] (+ a so-called 'Japanese' watercolour)'. |
| Historical context | The artist described his stay in Bushire (Bushehr) in August and September 1821 in his Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan..., 1825. |
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| Accession number | SD.393 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2008 |
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