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Arrive d'un Marchand d'Esclaves à Constantinople

Print
1837 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching, engraving and stipple, coloured by hand, depicting a slave market in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Lettered with titles in French and Greek and in other hands in English and Turkish. Also lettered 'Eugenio Fulgenzi inc. si stampano in Smyrne da Raffaele Fulgenzi'. Dated 1837. On the back is a poem, written in English and signed 'Nottingham April 5. 40'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArrive d'un Marchand d'Esclaves à Constantinople (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching, engraving and stipple, coloured by hand
Brief description
Etching and engraving by Eugenio Fulgenzi entitled 'Arrive d'un Marchand d'Esclaves à Constantinople'. Turkey, 1837.
Physical description
Etching, engraving and stipple, coloured by hand, depicting a slave market in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Lettered with titles in French and Greek and in other hands in English and Turkish. Also lettered 'Eugenio Fulgenzi inc. si stampano in Smyrne da Raffaele Fulgenzi'. Dated 1837. On the back is a poem, written in English and signed 'Nottingham April 5. 40'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16cm
  • Width: 22.5cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.275

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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