Yesir Bazar
Watercolour
1845 (painted)
1845 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour, with gum, heightened with white, on Bristol paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Yesir Bazar, 1845, by Amadeo, 5th Count Preziosi |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed, dated and signed Yesir Bazar Constantinople 1845. Preziosi. and impressed with Bristol Paper stamp; inscribed on old mount Slave Market |
| 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: - `The pair [with SD.831] bt fr Schidlof, Feb.1971, £38'. |
| Historical context | For the subject, cf. The Slave Market, VAM, DPD (D.18-1907), exhibited VAM, Constantinople, 1985 (4); and `Nubian slave girl...', Curzon album, BM, PD (197 b.15). The Esir Han or female slave market of Constantinople was formerly near the Atik Ali Pasa Cami. [Information from Godfrey Goodwin]. |
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| Accession number | SD.830 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2008 |
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