'Aden' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
WD1348/27
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The record is made up of 1 watercolour drawing on watercolour paper, bound into volume. It was created in 2 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 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 The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of previous folio, in ink: ‘Aden, 2d Janr 1880’
Recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , in pencil, upper right corner: ‘27’
- 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 and bodycolour 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.
- 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
- WD1348/27
- Date(s)
- 2 Jan 1880 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Aden' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80), British Library: Visual Arts, WD1348/27, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/mirador/81055/vdc_100026370941.0x000003> [accessed 19 August 2026]
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- Reference
- WD1348/27
- Title
- 'Aden' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
- Pages
- 1r:1v
- Author
- Toynbee, Kate
- Usage terms
- Public Domain