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Portrait of General Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev

Watercolour
1878 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Pleven (painted)

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Watercolour
TitlePortrait of General Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Portrait of General Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev, 1878, by an artist signing with the monogram HC
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.8cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
Sight size
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on back of mount General Skobeleff der Jungere [sic]
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 Lucy Hoare, Sept.1967 £3' [SD.193-SD.196].
Historical context
C. H (or H., C) was probably a Special Artist for the Illustrated London News. The same monogram appears on an engraving of the Oltenitza, North Bank of The Danube in the ILN, 2 June, 1877, p.508, accredited to `one of our Special Artists'; and again on 2 March 1878, p.188, View From Constantinople, Showing Prince's Islands In The Distance, accredited to `an obliging correspondent' (p.187). There were a number of artists sent out to cover the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-8. For suggestions as to the identity of this one, see Searight Archive. See also Houfe, 1981, Chapter 7, pp.136-147.
Production
Painted by an artist signing with the monogram HC
Subjects depicted
Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitrievich (Major-General)
Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878
Place depicted
Pleven
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.196

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Record createdDecember 21, 2007
Record URL
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