Tortose Syrie
Drawing
1831 (drawn)
1831 (drawn)
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on stiff paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, `Tortose Syrie', 1831, by Prosper Georges Antoine Marilhat |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and dated 24 juillet 1831; inscribed on label attached to back of mount with name of artist and Montpensier catalogue number Marilhat No. 69. |
| 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 | Collection of Duc de Montpensier. According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt fr. Valenti, April 1967 £10'. |
| Historical context | Reproduced in L. de Laborde, Voyage de la Syrie, Paris, 1838 [-62?] (see SP.341:1-206), titled Tartous Vue de la ville de Tortose et de l'isle Aradus prise du nord [and in English]; lithograph by Freeman. See D. Menu, Prosper Marilhat (1811-1847) Essai de Catalogue, thesis, Université de Dijon, 1972, (35) pp. 19-20. |
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| Accession number | SD.618 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2008 |
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