Massacre in A Balkan Village
Watercolour
1876 (painted)
1876 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Massacre in A Balkan Village (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Massacre in A Balkan Village, 1876, by Orlando Norie |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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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 Bonhams - Oct.1967 £8'. |
| Historical context | SD.703 and SD.704 probably depict incidents during the so-called `Bulgarian Atrocities' of 1876, when irregular troops were used to suppress the revolt in Bulgaria, known as the `April Uprising'. For attribution of SD.704 to Norie, see Searight Archive. |
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| Accession number | SD.704 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2008 |
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