'Suez' by Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80) [‎3r] (1/2)

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Genre/Subject Matter:

This landscape view at Suez shows a settlement located along a body of water that is either the canal or the Gulf of Suez. A large area of stony, hillocky ground takes up most of the foreground aside from a lone pole and post located in the lower right corner of the scene.

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: 'Suez, 7th January, 1880~’

Recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , in pencil, upper right corner: ‘29’

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 verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. .

Written in

English in Latin script

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