'Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
- Contributor:
- Stafford Bettesworth Haines (artist)
- Date:
- 1839/1854
- Description:
- Genre/Subject Matter:View of the verandah of Haines’s bungalow at Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbūţ] looking towards Little Aden. Haines sits facing away from the viewer at right, apparently sketching. His wife and another woman stand at centre in profile, looking out to sea. Several chairs, benches and a recliner are placed about the verandah.In the centre distance, the rocky peaks of Little Aden are visible. Two dhows, one steamer and a three-master are anchored or at sail in the bay.A latticework screen divides the verandah from the outside at left.Inscriptions:Verso, in pencil, along left edge: ‘Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden — Mrs Haines and Mrs [illeg]’Verso, in pencil, upper edge at left: ‘WD3479’1 watercolour and pencil drawing on paperDimensions:213 (longest edge) x 445 mmMaterials:Watercolour and pencil on paperCondition:Heavy surface dirt coats the recto and verso, especially at edges. The paper is cracked along the upper edge but has been stabilised by conservators. Unevenly sized paper.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Drawing
- Type (Narrower):
- Drawings
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Geographic region:
- Ras Marbut
- Extent:
- 1 watercolour and pencil drawing on paper
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023331932.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100023331932.0x000001_en
WD3479 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers