Cingans Hut
Watercolour
1843 (painted)
1843 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Cingans Hut (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour with gum, over pencil, on board |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Cingans Hut', 1843, by William James Müller |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and date 1843 and, probably not in the artist's hand, W Müller |
| 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, Aug.1982, £436' [sale, 27.7.82 (149)]. |
| Historical context | The `Cingans' of the title are Çingene or Çingâne, literally `Gypsies' in Ottoman Turkish. One of several studies by the artist of the peoples encamped in the Xanthus area: see N. N. Solly, Memoir of the Life of William James Müller, 1875, pp.196, 210, 269-271; and Searight Archive. Two other versions of this image are Cingans Hut, inscribed, dated 1843 and signed with initials (BM, P & D; 1878-12-28-111) and Tent of Zingaris, formerly in the Searight Collection. |
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| Accession number | SD.692 |
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| Record created | March 12, 2008 |
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