Colossal Statues in the Plain of Thebes, during the Inundation of the Nile
Watercolour
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Watercolour, Colossal Statues in the Plain of Thebes, during the Inundation of the Nile. Copy after David Roberts RA
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| Title | Colossal Statues in the Plain of Thebes, during the Inundation of the Nile (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Grey wash heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Colossal Statues in the Plain of Thebes, during the Inundation of the Nile. Copy after David Roberts RA |
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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: - `Bt somewhere (Warwick, 1967 ?) for 10/- [shillings] ' |
| Historical context | A copy after the lithograph by Louis Haghe in Roberts, Egypt & Nubia, 1846-9, Vol.II, [Pl.35], (1855 edn., Vol.V, Pl.204). An attribution to Gonsalvo Carelli (1818-1900) has been suggested, cf. two watercolours in Sotheby's, 15.11.73: see Searight Archive. |
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| Accession number | SD.890 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2008 |
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