A Mameluke and Turks of Egypt
Drawing
1804 (drawn)
1804 (drawn)
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Drawing
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| Title | A Mameluke and Turks of Egypt (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and grey wash on card |
| Brief description | Drawing, `A Mameluke and Turks of Egypt', 1804, by William Marshall Craig. An illustration to Revd E. Blomfield, A General View of The World, Geographical, Historical and Philosophical; on a plan entirely new, 2 vols, Bungay, 1807. |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscription cut away, and dated 1804 |
| 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. Abbott & Holder. July 1968 £4 -10'[shillings]. [SD.274:1-6] |
| Historical context | Illustration for Revd E. Blomfield, A General View of The World, Geographical, Historical and Philosophical; on a plan entirely new, 2 vols, Bungay, 1807, Vol. II, Bk.VIII, facing page 489, engraved by T. Wallis. [Each engraving is lettered variously W.M. Craig delt./del/delin.]. The mamluk horseman and mosque are apparently based on part of an aquatint after L. Mayer, A Mamaluke Exercising, first published 1802, and, as a plate in Views in Egypt in 1804. |
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| Accession number | SD.274:4 |
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| Record created | June 9, 2008 |
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