'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
- Date:
- 1880/1880
- Description:
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Genre/Subject Matter:This landscape view of the coastline along the Red Sea was sketched from on board ship. Horeb and Sinai here refer to the mountains – often considered one in the same: Mount Sinai – mentioned in the bible. The scene is rendered in watercolour.Inscriptions:Verso of previous folio, in ink: 'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai ~ 6th Janr 1880’Recto, in pencil, upper right corner: ‘28’
1 watercolour drawing on watercolour paper, bound into volume
Dimensions:139 x 228 mmMaterials:Watercolour on watercolour paperCondition:Light surface dirt coats the recto and verso, with staining in particular along the fore-edge and small stains in sky area.
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1 watercolour drawing on watercolour paper, bound into volume
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100026370941.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100026370941.0x000002_en
WD1348/28 - Is part of:
- British Library: Visual Arts
- Item contributor:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data contributor:
- Qatar National Library