On the road to Tel-el-Kebir - Zagazig (looking towards the Battlefield)
Watercolour
1882-1890 (painted)
1882-1890 (painted)
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On Winsor & Newton's Water Colour Sketching Board
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour, heightened with white, on board |
| Brief description | Watercolour, On the road to Tel-el-Kebir - Zagazig (looking towards the Battlefield). 1882-1890 by F.[?] Murdoch Wright |
| Physical description | On Winsor & Newton's Water Colour Sketching Board |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed F Murdoch Wright. Cairo.; inscribed on the back with title in a different hand |
| 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 Alister Mathews, April 1972, £12' |
| Historical context | At Tel al-Kabir, Ahmad Urabi was finally defeated by British troops under Sir Garnet Wolseley in 1882. |
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| Accession number | SD.1221 |
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| Record created | April 25, 2008 |
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