drawing
- Museum number
- Am2006,Drg.264
- Description
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Drawing; view of three vessels; vessel on the left is decorated, it has a round body with a narrow top and is standing on a flat foot, and corresponds to object Am1844,0720.946.
Vessel in the middle has a large round segment body with lines and a long narrow top, and corresponds to Am1844,0720.965; vessel on right is decorated, it has a round body and short wide top, and corresponds to object Am1844,0720.995.
Isla de Sacrificios,Veracruz, Mexico.
Watercolour
- Production date
- 1840-1844
- Dimensions
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Height: 44 centimetres (mounted)
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Height: 38.40 centimetres
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Width: 61.60 centimetres (mounted)
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Width: 60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Thirty-one drawings of antiquities from Isla de Sacrificios (Island of Sacrifices) near the port of Veracruz, in Mexico.The objects were excavated 1840 by Captain Evan Nepean and sold by him to the British Museum in1844. Drawing number 244 is signed by Capt. Nepean, the others are unsigned. It is thought that all the drawings were probably done by Capt. Nepean.This drawing is the same as Am2006-Drg265.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 2006
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased from Captain Evan Nepean 1844
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am2006,Drg.264
