Tomb of the Kings, Thebes

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Artist/Maker	Lindsay, Jane Evelyn (Lady) (artist)
Place of origin	Egypt (painted)

Watercolour drawing

Object details

Category	Paintings
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Tomb of the Kings, Thebes (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour over pencil Watercolour Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour, `Tomb of the Kings, Thebes', 1896, by Lady Jane Evelyn Lindsay
Physical description	Watercolour drawing
Dimensions	Height: 24.8cm Width: 35.2cm
Styles	British School Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed on the back with title and date Feb 24
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: - `The pair [with SD.593], bt Sotheby's [18.10.79 (179)] via Fine Art Society, Oct.1979, £75 (incl. commissions)'. Probably originally from the same family source as SD.591 and SD.592.
Historical context	SD.593 and SD.594 formed part of a large collection of watercolours and drawings by Lady Jane, sold by descendents in 1977. Subjects also included were portraits, designs for stained glass, illustrations to novels and poems, views of country houses associated with the family and other views in England, Europe and Egypt. Lady Jane apparently witnessed some of the preparations for the Anglo-Egyptian army's invasion of Sudan under General Kitchener in 1896: see Searight Archive, and T. Royle, The Kitchener Enigma, 1985.
Subject depicted	Tombs
Places depicted	Egypt Luxor Temple of Hathor Valley of the Kings
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SD.594

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Record created	February 27, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O146365/tomb-of-the-kings-thebes-watercolour-lindsay-jane-evelyn/

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