'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
WD1348/28
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The record is made up of 1 watercolour drawing on watercolour paper, bound into volume. It was created in 6 Jan 1880. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Visual Arts.
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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 The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of previous folio, in ink: 'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai ~ 6th Janr 1880’Recto, in pencil, upper right corner: ‘28’
- Extent and format
- 1 watercolour drawing on watercolour paper, bound into volume
- It is part of
- 6 imagesRef: WD1348
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
139 x 228 mm
Materials:
Watercolour on watercolour paper
Condition:
Light surface dirt coats the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. , with staining in particular along the fore-edge and small stains in sky area.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Painting
Archive information for this record
- Original held at
- British Library: Visual Arts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- WD1348/28
- Date(s)
- 6 Jan 1880 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80), British Library: Visual Arts, WD1348/28, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026370941.0x000002> [accessed 7 May 2024]
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- WD1348/28
- Title
- 'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
- Pages
- 2r:2v
- Author
- Toynbee, Kate
- Usage terms
- Public Domain