A Tatar, or Government Courier
Watercolour
ca. 1845-1855 (painted)
ca. 1845-1855 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | A Tatar, or Government Courier (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil |
| Brief description | Watercolour, A Tatar, or Government Courier, about 1845-1855, by Amadeo, 5th Count Preziosi |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Preziosi |
| 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 Schidlof, Aug.1977, £45'. |
| Historical context | For the subject, cf. A Tatar, VAM, DPD (D.43-1907); and "Turkish Tatar, or government courier. they ride night & day, sometimes for 40 days, without stopping.", Curzon album, BM, PD (197 b.15). Demand for Preziosi's oriental characters was such that several examples exist in more than one version. Three large groups of these single figure studies are known. One is in the VAM, DPD (D.14-D.47-1907) and can be dated c.1843 (see VAM, Constantinople, 1985, pp.42-5); another is in the BM, PD (197 b.15), in an album commissioned by Robert Curzon (1810-1873), later 14th Baron del la Zouche, titled and dated Costumes of Constantinople 1844 (see VAM, Constantinople, 1985, pp.8, 23 n.14, 42); the other is in an album, titled and dated Turkish Costumes [...] 1851, sold at Christie's, 25.6.87 (132). (See lists in Searight Archive). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980 |
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| Accession number | SD.833 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2008 |
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