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Skirmishes between Turkish Irregular Cavalry and Cossacks
Fitzcook, Henry, born 1824 - Enlarge image
Skirmishes between Turkish Irregular Cavalry and Cossacks
- Object:
Watercolour
- Place of origin:
Turkey (Probably, painted)
- Date:
ca. 1878 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Fitzcook, Henry, born 1824 (painter)
- Materials and Techniques:
Water- and bodycolour over pencil, heightened with white, on paper watermarked J WHATMAN 187[?]4
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Friends of the V&A and Shell International
- Museum number:
SD.381
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case 89, shelf SCX, box 9
Place of Origin
Turkey (Probably, painted)
Date
ca. 1878 (painted)
Artist/maker
Fitzcook, Henry, born 1824 (painter)
Materials and Techniques
Water- and bodycolour over pencil, heightened with white, on paper watermarked J WHATMAN 187[?]4
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with initials FC; on the back inscribed with title, twice, and No. 4. G. and H. FitzCook 1 Bloomsbury Square W.C., possibly in artist's hand
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 35.6 cm
Object history note
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt Phillips, June 9 1975, £14'.
Historical context note
In June, 1877, Russian forces attempted a siege of Kars but were driven off by a Turkish army at the Battle of Kiziltepe.
Descriptive line
Watercolour, Skirmishes between Turkish Irregular Cavalry and Cossacks, about 1878, by Henry Fitzcook
Subjects depicted
Turkey; Cossacks; Kiziltepe, near Kars; Bashibozuk
Categories
Paintings
Collection code
PDP
