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Saith Satoor and Ali Hassan Bey

Oil Painting
1831 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait studies of three heads, two of Saith Satoor, full-face and profile, and one of Ali Hassan Bey

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSaith Satoor and Ali Hassan Bey (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Saith Satoor and Ali Hassan Bey', Sir George Hayter, 1831
Physical description
Portrait studies of three heads, two of Saith Satoor, full-face and profile, and one of Ali Hassan Bey
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 32.5cm
  • Width: 43.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated G Hayter 1831; inscribed on the back with title and G Hayter 1831
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt. fr Jas.Mackinnon - April 1970, £100'.
Historical context
Saith Satoor (Sadek Beg, Sadik Bey, Sayyed Khan, Seyeed Khan or Sittik Khan) was the son of an Armenian trader of Bushehr. Educated in Bombay. Protégé of Abbas Mirza, son and heir of Fath Ali Shah of Persia (1797-1834). Travelled with, as interpreter, Sir Robert Ker Porter in Persia, Iraq and Turkey, 1818-19. From c.1820 engaged in commercial enterprises between London, Turkey and Persia, until death of Abbas Mirza c.1835. Died, heavily in debt, 1842. (See W. R. Holmes, Sketches on the Shores of the Caspian, 1845, pp.13-16; Sir R. Ker Porter, Travels in Georgia..., 1821-2, Vol.I, pp.251-2, Vol.II, p.768.). This painting is possibly the Three Persian Heads, lot 628, in Hayter's Studio Sale. For other portraits of Saith Satoor see two sheets of sketches by Hayter in the Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton, one dated 1826 April. 27. and showing him seated with the artist at his easel (see photocopies in Searight Archive); also SP.345 by R. Lane.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980
  • Searight, Rodney. The Middle East : watercolours and drawings by British and foreign artists and travellers, 1750-1900, from the collection of Rodney Searight, Esq. London, 1971
Collection
Accession number
SD.489

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Record createdApril 23, 2007
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