'Red Sea, looking (6 a.m.) towards Horeb & Sinai' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80) [‎2r] (1/2)

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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

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

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