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Convent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai

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Description: Convent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai
TitleConvent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai
Creator nameBartlett, William Henry
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1835–1850
Object typePainting
MaterialsInk, water- and bodycolor over pencil heightened with white
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London
https:/­/­collections.vam.ac.uk/­item/­O137348/­convent-of-st-catherine-mount-watercolour-bartlett-william-henry/­
Accession numberSD.81
SubjectsPainting, British--19th centurySinai, Mount (Egypt)Ottoman influencesConvents
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6. Orientalisms Transposed
Emily M. Weeks
Description: Cultures Crossed: John Frederick Lewis and the Art of Orientalism
Cultures Crossed: John Frederick Lewis and the Art of Orientalism
~~The radical political statements of The Reception and the fragility of patriarchal power structures that they suggest...
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PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2014 by Emily M. Weeks
Related print edition pages: pp.129-143
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00344.7
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MaterialsOil on canvas
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LocationTate, London
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-salisbury-cathedral-from-the-meadows-t13896
Accession numberT13896
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Creator nameCrowe, Eyre
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
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Creator nameMillais, John Everett
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
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Dimensions23 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.
LocationTate, London
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553
Accession numberT07553
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LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw00071/The-Secret-of-Englands-Greatness-Queen-Victoria-presenting-a-Bible-in-the-Audience-Chamber-at-Windsor
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Creator rolePainter
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Dimensions33 x 47 inches (83.8 x 119.4 cm)
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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1665551
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Creator rolePainter
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Dimensions29.1 x 42.8 cm
LocationTate Britain, London
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wallis-the-room-in-which-shakespeare-was-born-t00042
Accession numberT00042
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Creator rolePainter
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Object typePainting
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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10761
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http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80651/old-buildings-on-the-darro-oil-painting-roberts-david-ra/
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https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artist/david-wilkie/die-testamentseroeffnung
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https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-reading-of-the-will-concluded-188061
Accession numberK498
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https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-rome-from-the-vatican-raffaelle-accompanied-by-la-fornarina-preparing-his-pictures-n00503
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1820
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 122 cm)
http://argus.wadsworthatheneum.org/Wadsworth_Atheneum_ArgusNet/Portal/public.aspx?lang=en-US
Accession number1959.97
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Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
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Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1841
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions117 × 151 in. (297.2 × 383.6 cm)
LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw00028/The-Anti-Slavery-Society-Convention-1840
Accession numberNPG 599
The Anti-Slavery Society Convention,...
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Posted by:John Carlson
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