Watercolour painting showing one of a number of ideas regarding the mythological ages of the earth

Collection type: Object
Description: Watercolour painting showing one of a number of ideas regarding the mythological ages of the earth
Long description: Large watercolour painting by Alfred Robinson showing one of a number of ideas regarding the mythological ages of the earth, this being the fourth ('flood') in the series, presumed to have been made to illustrate a lecture by E. B. Tylor
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Alfred Robinson (presumed); Field collector Edward Burnett Tylor; PRM source Edward Burnett Tylor
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1888-1898
Date collected: By 1917
Acquisition information: Donated: 1917 Found unentered: 01/1944
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Drawn
Object numbers: Accession number: 1944.1.85.1
Research and responses: This a large watercolour painting by Alfred Robinson showing one of a number of ideas regarding (apparently) the mythological ages of the earth, this being the fourth ('flood') in the series of four, presumed to have been made to illustrate a lecture (or lectures) by E. B. Tylor. [PG 04/02/2014]