Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des Rives du Bosphore
Etching and Engraving
1819 (printed)
1819 (printed)
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Etching from a series of 34 plates in a two-part volume entitled 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des Rives du Bosphore'. Each plate lettered variously 'Dessiné par Melling'. Lettered with title and numbered with plate number.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Etching depicting barracks at Tophane, after a drawing by Antoine Ignace Melling, from a volume entitled 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des Rives du Bosphore'. Printed in Paris, 1819. |
| Physical description | Etching from a series of 34 plates in a two-part volume entitled 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des Rives du Bosphore'. Each plate lettered variously 'Dessiné par Melling'. Lettered with title and numbered with plate number. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Les Figures gravées à l'eau forte par Le Rouge. Gravé à l'eau forte et termin par Schroeder. (Lettered) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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| Accession number | SP.401:11 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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