Entrance to the Port of Constantinople
Watercolour
ca. 1794 (painted)
ca. 1794 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Entrance to the Port of Constantinople (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and gum, heightened with white, on laid paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Entrance to the Port of Constantinople, about 1794. Clara (or Chiara) Mayer (née Barthold) |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered VEDUTA DELL'INGRESSO DEL PORTO DI COSPOLI LA PUNTA DEL SERRAGLIO, CALCEDONIA, E COSTA D'ASIA and signed Clara Mayer féce
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| 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 | A version, View of the City of Constantinople between the Seraglio Point & the City of Scutary..., engraved by J.W. Edy, published 1794 by J. Harris: see SP.374. Cf. a version, with nine other views of Constantinople and the Bosphorus, all inscribed and all signed by Clara Barthold, except one signed Clara Mayer (née Barthold): on the art market, June 1979. Cf. also, VEDUTA DELL'INGRESSO DEL PORTO DI COSTANTINOPOLI, LA PUNTA DEL SERRAGLIO, E LA COSTA DELL'ASIA, DA SCUTARI SINO ALLA PUNTA DI CALCEDONIA.., no.IX of several views of Constantinople and the Bosphorus by Luigi Mayer, on which Clara's watercolours are based: in the BM, PD (C.195) See list in Searight Archive. A series of twenty-seven views of Constantinople and environs were engraved by Thomas Milton and published by Thomas Bensley of Fleet Street, for the Bowyer Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, in 1801: see Sotheby's, 27.11.80 (19 & 22). |
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| Accession number | SD.641 |
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| Record created | March 1, 2008 |
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