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1887-1888 Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna, Cairo, the Nile (to Assouan, Phylae)

Sketchbook
ca. 1887 (made)
Artist/Maker
Carelli, Conrad Hector Raphael (BWS) (artist)

Sketchbook containing sketches of landscapes, seascapes, buildings and figures, including views of Athens, the Dardanelles, Istanbul, Smyrna, Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile, with views at El Karnak, Luxor, Thebes, Aswan, Philae and Kom Ombo. 208 pages of white wove paper, bound in cloth boards. With a sketch inside the back fly-leaf. Inscribed with title in English or French. Dated on p.11 'le Xbre 87' and on p.127 '28 Xbre 87'. Inscribed in ink on front fly-leaf '1887-1888 Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna Cairo, the Nile (to Assouan, Phylae)'.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Sketchbook
Title1887-1888 Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna, Cairo, the Nile (to Assouan, Phylae) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Pencil
Drawing
Brief description
Sketchbook of drawings by Conrad H. R. Carelli with views of Turkey, Egypt and Greece, ca. 1887-8.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing sketches of landscapes, seascapes, buildings and figures, including views of Athens, the Dardanelles, Istanbul, Smyrna, Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile, with views at El Karnak, Luxor, Thebes, Aswan, Philae and Kom Ombo. 208 pages of white wove paper, bound in cloth boards. With a sketch inside the back fly-leaf. Inscribed with title in English or French. Dated on p.11 'le Xbre 87' and on p.127 '28 Xbre 87'. Inscribed in ink on front fly-leaf '1887-1888 Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna Cairo, the Nile (to Assouan, Phylae)'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.53cm
  • Width: 9.38cm
  • Height: 15.24cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscribed with title in English or French.)
  • 'le Xbre 87' (Dated on p.11)
  • '28 Xbre 87' (Dated on p.127)
  • '1887-1888 Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna Cairo, the Nile (to Assouan, Phylae)' (Inscribed in ink on front fly-leaf)
Subject depicted
Sketches
Places depicted
Thebes
Smyrna
Athens
Dardanelles
Istanbul
Cairo
Egypt
Philae
Middle East
Turkey
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.378-1956

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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