'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)

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Date:
1880/1880
Description:

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