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Ousreff Pasha returning to Joannina

Watercolour
ca. 1835 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Kinglake, Alexander William (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Balkans (painted)

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
Titles
  • Ousreff Pasha returning to Joannina (assigned by artist)
  • Hüsrev Pasa on the road to Ioannina (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour heightened with white and blue bodycolour over pencil, stuck down on old mount
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, `Ousreff Pasha returning to Joannina', about 1835, possibly by Alexander William Kinglake
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.1cm
  • Width: 50.6cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on old mount Ousreff Pasha returning to Joanina [... illegible]
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Historical context
Koca Mehmed Hüsrev Pasa (1769-1855) was an Ottoman admiral and statesman who became Grand Vizier in 1839. For the attribution to Kinglake, see Searight Archive, and cf. Eothen's frontispiece entitled Eastern Travel, reputedly by the author. See G. de Gaury, Travelling Gent The life of Alexander Kinglake (1809-1891), 1972. p.27. If correct, the Europeans would be Kinglake, his companion, `Methley' (Lord Pollington, later Earl of Mexborough) and the latter's servant, Steele, accompanied by their dragoman Mysseri. :
Subject depicted
Koca Mehmed Hüsrev (Pasa)
Places depicted
Ioannina
Balkans
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.548

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2008
Record URL
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