drawing
- Museum number
- 1957,0413.4
- Description
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Monastery of St Katherine on Mount Sinai; in foreground group of figures and at left circular building, beyond, figures and buildings enclosed by high wall at right and mountain at left
Watercolour, over graphite
- Production date
- 1796-1864
- Dimensions
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Height: 356 millimetres
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Width: 509 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Exhibition, dealer and framers labels attached to mount. Roberts was in the area 18-23 February 1839, visiting St. Katherine's Monastery (Monastery of the Transfiguration) and climbing the Sinai and Horeb mountains. His view in the 'Views in the Holy Land' (1842-9) is dated 20 February.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1981 May-Aug, Castle Museum, Notts, 'English Watercolours'
1991 Jan-Mar, Cleveland MA, Ohio, BM English Watercolours, no. 74
1991 Mar-June, N Carolina MA, BM English Watercolours, no. 74
- Acquisition date
- 1957
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1957,0413.4