Saith Satoor and Ali Hassan Bey
Oil Painting
1831 (painted)
1831 (painted)
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Portrait studies of three heads, two of Saith Satoor, full-face and profile, and one of Ali Hassan Bey
Object details
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| Title | Saith 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | SD.489 |
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| Record created | April 23, 2007 |
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