Tomb of Zobeida wife of Haroon ool Rashid in distance
Watercolour
ca. 19th century (painted)
ca. 19th century (painted)
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Watercolour, `Tomb of Zobeida wife of Haroon ool Rashid in distance', [View of Baghdad], by C. Herbert.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, stuck down on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Tomb of Zobeida wife of Haroon ool Rashid in distance', [View of Baghdad], by C. Herbert. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and signed C. Herbert.; inscribed on the back of the mount in a later hand A view outside Baghdad among the tombs, & that of Zabeida, wife of Haroon ool-Rashid, (the dictatrix of the well known Arabian Nights) is the one with the pine-shaped dome. By C. Herbert. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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| Literary reference | Thousand and One Nights |
| Bibliographic reference | Searight, Rodney. The Middle East : watercolours and drawings by British and foreign artists and travellers, 1750-1900, from the collection of Rodney Searight, Esq. London, 1971 |
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| Accession number | SD.503 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2008 |
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