View of the Straits with the Second Fortress of the Dardanelles
Watercolour
ca. 1780-1790 (painted)
ca. 1780-1790 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | View of the Straits with the Second Fortress of the Dardanelles (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and gouache with gum, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, View of the Straits with the Second Fortress of the Dardanelles, about 1780-1790, by Luigi Mayer |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered VEDUTA DEL CANALE DI COSTANTINOPOLI CON LE SECONDE FORTEZZE DELLI DARDANELLI. and signed Luigi Mayer Roma dipinse
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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 |
| Object history | According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt fr F.T. Sabin, June 1965, £40' [possibly with SD.652]. |
| Historical context | Cf. another version, View of the Straits from the second Fortress of the Dardanelles, Eyre & Hobhouse, 1983 (7). |
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| Bibliographic reference | See large group of gouche drawings by Luigi Mayer, commissioned by Robert Ainslie (1729-1812) in Adam's Country House Collections at Slane Castle, Co. Meath, catalogue of auction held on 6th October 2009, lots 517 to 542. |
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| Accession number | SD.656 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2008 |
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