1868
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
House at Mechlin, formerly a convent is a 1868 by Somers Clarke, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This image is a drawing of a building with a large, central tower and smaller towers on either side. The building has many windows and a large door in the center. The drawing is done in pencil and has many details, such as the texture of the stone and the shape of the windows. The building looks like it might be an old convent, with a large courtyard in front of it. The drawing is very detailed, with many lines and shapes that show the architecture of the building. If you want to learn more about architectural drawings like this one, you might want to look into the work of other artists who specialize in this style, such as Clarke, Somers (Mr).
The drawing depicts a house that formerly served as a convent.
Read the full account in the museum source.
George Somers Clarke was an architect and English Egyptologist who worked on the restoration and design of churches and at a number of sites throughout Egypt, notably in El Kab, where he built a mud brick house.
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