Figures among Classical Ruins, probably in Sicily
Drawing
ca. 1750-1803 (made)
ca. 1750-1803 (made)
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Drawing
Object details
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| Title | Figures among Classical Ruins, probably in Sicily (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black chalk |
| Brief description | Drawing, Figures among Classical Ruins, probably in Sicily, attributed to Luigi Mayer |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Numbered N 25; inscribed on old mount Luigi Mayer |
| 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 Christie's, Oct.28th 1969 £21'. |
| Historical context | Cf. black chalk drawings by Mayer of Sicily in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, acquired in 1778 by a party of Dutch travellers: see J.W. Niemeijer, ed., Reisjournal in Aquarel /A Tour in Words and Watercolour, Amsterdam 1986. Mayer visited Sicily c.1778-82. He accompanied Jean Houel on a trip to Mount Etna in 1780, and was referred to in the latter's Voyage pittoresque des isles de Sicile de Malte et de Lipari, Vol.II, Paris, 1784, p.101, as `Dom Louis Mayer, dessinateur du Prince Biscaria'. Several watercolours by Mayer of Sicily, including one of the eruption of Mount Etna on 18 May 1780, are in the BM, PD (C195): see BL, Catalogue of Maps ..., 1962, Vol.III, pp.584-5. |
| Production | Attributed to Luigi Mayer |
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| Accession number | SD.662 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2008 |
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