drawing
- Museum number
- SL,5214.74
- Description
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The Capture of Africa (Aphrodisium Mahadiah) by the Spaniards under Andrea Doria, 1550; the city, on a promontory extending into the sea at right, troops and artillery pouring through a breach in the walls at left, galleys covering the other sides from the sea; formerly in the 1637 album containing 279 miscellaneous drawings
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash and watercolour
- Production date
- 1550-1600 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Width: 422 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See discussion in Popham, p.165-166.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Capture of North Africa by the Spanish 1550
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- SL,5214.74
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: T,10.74
