Skip to main content

The Alhambra at Granada: 2340

An image of Drawing

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Alhambra at Granada

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Melville, Arthur

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938-11) by Bond, Henry

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sight Size Height 522 mm Width 733 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour over graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Granada "The Alhambra"
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: Arthur Melville
  • Location: Lower left, below the above
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: (currently obscured by the frame)

  • Location: Lower left, following the above
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Type: Date

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2340
Primary reference Number: 21295
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Alhambra at Granada" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21295 Accessed: 2024-11-02 18:27:06

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21295 |title=The Alhambra at Granada |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 18:27:06|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-21295

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/567/861/large_2340_201504_adn21_mas.jpg"
        alt="The Alhambra at Granada"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The Alhambra at Granada</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...