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Advanced guard & Baggage of the Royal artillery landi[ng] a[t] Alexandria en route for India
Watercolour
1857 (painted)
1857 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Advanced guard & Baggage of the Royal artillery landi[ng] a[t] Alexandria en route for India (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, water- and bodycolour, heightened with white, on grey-brown paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Advanced guard & Baggage of the Royal artillery landi[ng] a[t] Alexandria en route for India', 1857, by an artist signing T. B. S. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed T.B.S. Inscribed G A [...] KC [...]; inscribed with title on the back and dated Octr- 26 th- 1857; inscribed on previous label Reliefs for the Mutiny 1857. first transit of troops by overland route. |
| 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 | A version in the Illustrtated London News, 9 January, 1858, p.44: see SP.331. SD.905 and SD.906 are scenes showing the movement of troops and baggage to India by means of the Overland Route, following the Mutiny in 1857. See Searight Archive for information on the Mutiny and the transport of troops. |
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| Accession number | SD.906 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2008 |
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