Item Hoskins MSS 2.81 - George A. Hoskins Watercolour and Drawing - Dongola

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Reference code

Hoskins MSS 2.81

Title

George A. Hoskins Watercolour and Drawing - Dongola

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 watercolour and drawing

Context area

Name of creator

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Drawing of a range of men and women inside a straw house with a timber frame in Dongola:

  • watercolour and ink drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'Interior of a Dongolah Cottage'. (pencil note)
  • 26.4 by 18.9 cm

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Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

  • All corners cut
  • Notable tear to paper at bottom centre

Allied materials area

Publication note

  • Published in Hoskins, G. A. 1835. Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile: Exhibiting the State of that Country, and Its Various Inhabitants, Under the Dominion of Mohammed Ali; and Illustrating the Antiquities, Arts, and History of the Ancient Kingdom of Meroe. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, pl. 37.
  • Published online on the Griffith Institute website: 'The watercolours and drawings by George Alexander Hoskins in the Archive of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4hoskins_opening_page.html).