Biban-el-Molook, or Tombs of the Kings. Belzoni's Tomb. Thebes

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Artist/Maker	Sausmarez, George De (General) (painter (artist))
Place of origin	Egypt (painted)

One of 45 watercolours, on 35 mounts (several unmounted), in an album with views in Egypt and Nubia, made during or after a journey on the Nile, upstream then downstream, in 1855. Loose in half-bound crimson morocco music binder stamped EGYPT on the front.

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Category	Paintings
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Biban-el-Molook, or Tombs of the Kings. Belzoni's Tomb. Thebes (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour
Brief description	`Biban-el-Molook, or Tombs of the Kings. Belzoni's Tomb. Thebes', 1855. Watercolour in an album of views in Egypt and Nubia. General George de Sausmarez
Physical description	One of 45 watercolours, on 35 mounts (several unmounted), in an album with views in Egypt and Nubia, made during or after a journey on the Nile, upstream then downstream, in 1855. Loose in half-bound crimson morocco music binder stamped EGYPT on the front.
Dimensions	Covers height: 47.4cm Covers width: 35.9cm
Style	Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed with title and signed and dated 5.3.55 G de S
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subject depicted	Tombs
Places depicted	Egypt Luxor Biban Al-Muluk Tomb of Seti I
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SD.912:22

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Record created	January 9, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O182112/biban-el-molook-or-tombs-watercolour-sausmarez-george-de/

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