drawing; album

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Object Type: drawing; album
Museum number: 1987,1003.6.1-130
Description: A disbound album of one hundred and thirty drawings and watercolours, principally views of Spain, Africa, and the West Indies. c.1830-60; with figure studies including bullfighters, musicians, fishermen and dancing Watercolour, some pen and ink, others bodycolour; the drawings are stuck down on the album's folios; some folios are missing
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Production date: 1830-1860
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Dimensions: Height: 365 millimetres; Width: 500 millimetres (folio)
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Curator's comments: See register for a list of contents. Included in the portfolio in which these folios are kept is a sheet of paper inscribed: "BAND CARD/R. Petley./[PV?]/92nd Highlanders"
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bullfight; black; plant; musician; fisherman/fishing; dance; spanish costume; criminal/thief; carnival; peasant/villager; tree/bush; panorama; temple; mammal; boat/ship; castle/fort; ill-health/injury; cemetery; lighthouse; natural phenomenon; monk/nun; volcano
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Gibraltar; Topographic representation of: Seville (city); Topographic representation of: Granada (city); Topographic representation of: Malta; Topographic representation of: Italy; Topographic representation of: St Lucia; Topographic representation of: Barbados; Topographic representation of: St Vincents (?); Topographic representation of: Isle of Wight; Topographic representation of: Scotland
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Acquisition date: 1987
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1987,1003.6.1-130
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