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Erzeroum

Watercolour
1878 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Erzeroum (assigned by artist)
  • Bat Pazari, Erzurum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk and watercolour, heightened with white, on brown paper, attached to old mount
Brief description
Watercolour, `Erzeroum' [Bat Pazari, Erzurum], 1878, by Sir John Baptist Joseph, 12th Baron Dormer
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.5cm
  • Width: 30.2cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title and dated 1878.; and on typed label Erzeroum in Eastern Turkey, 100 miles south of the Black Sea, in 1878
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: `[with] Alister Mathews....[then] acquired [by R. Searight] at Sotheby's ... April 14th 1976' [with SD.344-50, 352-353].
Historical context
This represents the Bat Pazari, Erzurum's market.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.351

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2008
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