'Aden' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Aden' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
- Date:
- 1880/1880
- Description:
- Genre/Subject Matter:This landscape view of Aden was sketched from on board ship. While most of the scene is rendered in watercolour, the buildings along the shoreline and the white sails and hulls of the small craft at sail or anchored along the shore are picked out in bodycolour.A flag immediately right and below centre along the shoreline is likely intended to show the union jack flag.Inscriptions:Verso of previous folio, in ink: ‘Aden, 2d Janr 1880’Recto, in pencil, upper right corner: ‘27’1 watercolour drawing on watercolour paper, bound into volumeDimensions:139 x 228 mmMaterials:Watercolour and bodycolour on watercolour paperCondition:Light surface dirt coats the recto and verso, with staining in particular along the fore-edge.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Painting
- Type (Narrower):
- Paintings
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Extent:
- 1 watercolour drawing on watercolour paper, bound into volume
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100026370941.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100026370941.0x000003_en
WD1348/27 - Is part of:
- British Library: Visual Arts