A Moroccan Amir
Watercolour
1850 (painted)
1850 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Delacroix's gallant captain stands proudly in brilliant sunshine within the walls of the Citadel of Tangier, his martial position further emphasised by the cannon in the background. Portrayed in profile, his hawk-like features and alert, watchful stance are distinctive.
Auguste Delacroix (not to be confused with his more famous namesake) became known for his scenes of everyday rural and coastal life set in and around his native Boulogne. Half-way through his career, in about 1849-50, he visited Morocco, and thereafter oriental subjects were included among the paintings he exhibited at the Salon. This watercolour must have been painted during or shortly after his visit to Tangier.
Auguste Delacroix (not to be confused with his more famous namesake) became known for his scenes of everyday rural and coastal life set in and around his native Boulogne. Half-way through his career, in about 1849-50, he visited Morocco, and thereafter oriental subjects were included among the paintings he exhibited at the Salon. This watercolour must have been painted during or shortly after his visit to Tangier.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | A Moroccan Amir (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour, with gum, over pencil, on paper watermarked J WHATMAN |
| Brief description | Watercolour, A Moroccan Amir, 1850, by Auguste Delacroix |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed and dated Tanger. 1850. and signed A. Delacroix.; numbered 44 on former mount |
| 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 at Valenti, April 1967, £60 [with SD307]'. This object once belonged to the Duc de Montpensier. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Places depicted | |
| Summary | Delacroix's gallant captain stands proudly in brilliant sunshine within the walls of the Citadel of Tangier, his martial position further emphasised by the cannon in the background. Portrayed in profile, his hawk-like features and alert, watchful stance are distinctive. Auguste Delacroix (not to be confused with his more famous namesake) became known for his scenes of everyday rural and coastal life set in and around his native Boulogne. Half-way through his career, in about 1849-50, he visited Morocco, and thereafter oriental subjects were included among the paintings he exhibited at the Salon. This watercolour must have been painted during or shortly after his visit to Tangier. |
| Bibliographic reference | Thomson, James (ed.), The East, Imagined, Experienced, Remembered : Orientalist Nineteenth Century Painting. Dublin, 1988 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.308 |
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| Record created | January 4, 2008 |
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