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Lycian Figure

Watercolour
1843-1844 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Johnson, Harry John (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Turkey (painted)

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
Titles
  • Lycian Figure (assigned by artist)
  • A Lycian man (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, Lycian Figure, 1843-1844, by Harry John Johnson RI
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title and stamped with remains of artist's studio mark HJ
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 Albany Gallery, July 1967, £20'.
Historical context
A similar figure appears in Müller's oil painting, Encampment in the Desert (City Art Gallery, Manchester). Compare various Lycian figures by Müller in: BM, PD; Tate Gallery; City Art Gallery, Bristol (notably Yurook Chief, Xanthus); and reproduced in W.Müller, `Letters from Xanthus', Art-Union, December 1844, p.357: see Searight Archive.
For the artist's trip to Lycia with William Müller, see SD.691-694, and N.N. Solly, Memoir of the Life of William James Müller, 1875.
Places depicted
Turkey
Lycia
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Searight, Rodney. The Middle East : watercolours and drawings by British and foreign artists and travellers, 1750-1900, from the collection of Rodney Searight, Esq. London, 1971
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.530

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2008
Record URL
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