The Aqueduct - Ephesus
Watercolour
1877 (painted)
1877 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | The Aqueduct - Ephesus (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour, on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `The Aqueduct - Ephesus.' 1877, by William Simpson RI FRGS |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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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 fr PHW [Prue Heathcote-Williams], Aug.1971 £30'. |
| Historical context | For Simpson's visit to Mycenae, Troy and Ephesus in 1877, see G. Eyre-Todd, ed., The Autobiography of William Simpson, 1903, pp. 273-6. In 1878 he held an exhibition of his watercolours, Mycenae, Troy, and Ephesus ..., at P.& D. Colnaghi & Co. |
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| Accession number | SD.974 |
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| Record created | April 4, 2008 |
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