FDA-D.436-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.436-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 164
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 489mm
width (actual size): 324mm
width (actual size): 324mm
Inscription
Inscribed as title and dated 'Decr. 26th 1838' (lower left), and inscribed 'Mosque of Mah Modec' (lower right)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on grey paper
Production
Person
Roberts, David, 1796 - 1864 (Artist)
Date
1838
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: London, Barbican Art Gallery, David Roberts, 1986 (136); A Genius for Watercolour, Christie’s 2003, no. 63.
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 71), Catalogue number: 63
