drawing;
sketch-book
- Museum number
- 1998,1003.12.1-132
- Description
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Sketchbook, with green marbled board covers, leather spine and corners, consisting of 132 leaves, of which several are torn, indications that several sheets have been removed and many are blank, used by the artist in Egypt; including sketches taken in Cairo, Thebes, and Luxor, some cities seen from the coast, views along the Nile, pyramids, temples and tombs, figure and costume studies, etc. 1838-9
Graphite, with some wash and watercolour
- Production date
- 1838-1839
- Dimensions
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Height: 126 millimetres
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Width: 192 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1998-10-3-11
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2008 Feb-April, New Haven, Yale Center Brit Art, British Orientalist Painting
2008 June-Aug, London, Tate Britain, British Orientalist Painting
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1998,1003.12.1-132
