The Pyramids of Giza
Watercolour
ca. 1800 (painted)
ca. 1800 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
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Title | The Pyramids of Giza (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour and gouache, heightened with white |
Brief description | Watercolour, The Pyramids of Giza, about 1800, by Luigi Mayer |
Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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Marks and inscriptions | Lettered VEDUTA DELLE PIRAMIDI DI GIZA DOVE VEDESI LA SECONDA PIRAMIDE CON LA TESTA DELLA SFINGE IN PIU BASSO PIANO.
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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.643] bt fr P. Mullins, Nov.1969 £55' |
Historical context | Cf. other versions: View of the pyramid of Giza, & the Second Pyramid, with the colossal head of the Sphinx, Eyre & Hobhouse, 1983 (42); Veduta Delle Piramidi Di Giza..., Sotheby's, 16.10.81 (98). |
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Bibliographic reference | See large group of gouche drawings by Luigi Mayer, commissioned by Robert Ainslie (1729-1812) in Adam's Country House Collections at Slane Castle, Co. Meath, catalogue of auction held on 6th October 2009, lots 517 to 542. |
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Accession number | SD.644 |
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Record created | March 1, 2008 |
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