Edfoo
Watercolour
1857 (painted)
1857 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Edfoo (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white, on thick paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Edfoo', 1857, by Maria Harriett Mathias (née Rawstorne) |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
| Dimensions |
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| Styles | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and dated Feb. 25 |
| 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 | SD.628-632 were probably originally in an album containing watercolour views by the artist of her tour in Egypt, the Levant and Italy (and botanical studies), all inscribed and many dated between 1856-7, sold at Christie's 29.9.78 (160). SD.633-637 were contained in the same album, and were bought by The Fine Art Society, London, from whom bought by RGS. |
| Historical context | The Mathias party arrived in Alexandria, 3 January 1857. For Diary extract `Wednesday February 25... I began sketching at once, to make the most of my time, sat facing the entrance to the hall supported by columns ...', see Searight Archive. See also B. Llewellyn, `Changing Views of the Middle East Watercolours from the Searight Collection', Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide, September 1983, p.53. |
| Places depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.631 |
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| Record created | February 29, 2008 |
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