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Landing Place. Philoe

Watercolour
1832-1833 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Jones, Owen (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Egypt (painted)

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
Titles
  • Landing Place. Philoe (assigned by artist)
  • Philae (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink and watercolour over pencil, stuck down on card
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, `Landing Place. Philoe' [Philae], 1832-1833, by Owen Jones
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.4cm
  • Width: 28.3cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with monogram OJ; lettered on former mount with title
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Historical context
This is one of eleven drawings [SD.532-SD.542] from the Searight Collection relating to the artist's `Views On The Nile From Cairo To The Second Cataract', 1843, in this case plate 21. [See SP.337:1-32]. The titles given are, where applicable, those of the lithographs. Similar drawings and watercolours of Egyptian subjects are in the VAM, DPD (8252-1-2) and the BM, PD.
Although identified in the text of Views on the Nile as the tomb of 'Melek Adel', this is the Tomb of Sultan Tuman-bay I, in al-Abbasiyyah, north-east Cairo.
Places depicted
Egypt
Philae
Temple of Isis
Kiosk of Trajan
Bibliographic references
  • Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980
  • 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
  • Conner, Patrick (ed). The Inspiration of Egypt : its influence on British artists, travellers, and designers, 1700-1900 . Brighton Borough Council, Brighton, 1983
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.535

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2008
Record URL
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