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Album

Album
ca. 1830-1835 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Album containing 54 sketches of Turkish figures and objects, 41 sketches in the manner of C. Brocktorff, 13 in other hands. Mounted on variously coloured paper in a volume of 116 pages, half-bound in morocco; lettered in gilt on spine Scrapbook.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAlbum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Drawings on paper bound in album
Brief description
Album containing 54 sketches of Turkish figures and objects, 41 sketches in the manner of C. Brocktorff, 13 in other hands, about 1830-1835. Formerly attributed to Charles Frederick von Brockdorff
Physical description
Album containing 54 sketches of Turkish figures and objects, 41 sketches in the manner of C. Brocktorff, 13 in other hands. Mounted on variously coloured paper in a volume of 116 pages, half-bound in morocco; lettered in gilt on spine Scrapbook.
Dimensions
  • Covers height: 27.4cm
  • Width: 22.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Most sketches inscribed with titles, some with additional captions in transliterated colloquial Turkish, in another hand
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
Rodney Searight Collection
Historical context
See an anonymous album in the VAM, DPD, 9284A.1-70, which may contain drawings by the same artists as in SD.176:1-54, many images being the same or very close. The titles in the VAM's album are in French and in Turkish (in Arabic script). See also an album by Lt. Col. Charles Hamilton Smith, VAM, DPD, D.375-1890 (93.B.10), which contains versions or copies of some figures. See also SD.356.
Production
Formerly attributed to Charles Frederick Brockdorff
Collection
Accession number
SD.176

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Record createdDecember 11, 2007
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