drawing;
sketch-book
- Museum number
- 1895,0408.6.17
- Description
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Landscape with trees and shrubs in the foreground, and a view towards two rocky peaks in the distance; sheet from a sketchbook recording the scenery and people of Abyssinia. 1853
Pen and black ink.
- Production date
- 1853
- Dimensions
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Height: 151 millimetres (page dimensions)
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Width: 208 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1895,0408.6.1 for full details of the sketchbook and 1895,0408.6.1-44 for the drawings in it.
For a discussion of Zander's life and a catalogue raisonné of his work, see Dorothea McEwan, 'Eduard Zander. Sein Leben und Wirken in Aethiopien./ His Life and Work in Ethiopia 1847-1868', Veröffentlichungen des Stadtarchivs Dessau-Rosslau, Band 23, 2018, p. 46, Kat.Nr. 19.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Magdala Expedition 1867-1868
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1895,0408.6.17