View of the Bosphorus
Etching and Engraving
1821 (published)
1821 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Etching entitled 'View of the Bosphorus'. Lettered 'Published 24th June 1818, by Jas. Whittle and R. H. Laurie, No. 53, Fleet Street, London', and numbered 146 and Pl.1.
Object details
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| Title | View of the Bosphorus (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Etching entitled 'View of the Bosphorus', after a drawing by Antoine Ignace Melling. Published in London, 1821. |
| Physical description | Etching entitled 'View of the Bosphorus'. Lettered 'Published 24th June 1818, by Jas. Whittle and R. H. Laurie, No. 53, Fleet Street, London', and numbered 146 and Pl.1. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Production | This plate is a version of a plate in A. I. Melling's, 'Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et des Rives du Bosphore', 2 vols, Paris, 1819. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SP.402:2 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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