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Dame Arménienne dErivan

Watercolour
ca. 1842 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Dame Arménienne dErivan (assigned by artist)
  • Armenian lady from Yerevan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, water- and bodycolour, heightened with white
Brief description
Watercolour, `Dame Arménienne d'Erivan-', about 1842, by Prince Grigoriy Grigorievich Gagarin
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.8cm
  • Width: 27.6cm
from catalogue
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title and 9e. livraison, numbered 55
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: - `Sotheby's `Islamic' Sale on April 19th 1978.' [SD.406-SD.410]
Historical context
Reproduced in Gagarin, Scènes, paysages, moeurs et costumes du Caucase, Paris, 8e liv., Pl. 45.
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980
Collection
Accession number
SD.408

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Record createdJanuary 18, 2008
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