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View of the Black Sea from the Giants Mount.
Scharf, George - Enlarge image
View of the Black Sea from the Giants Mount.
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
Turkey (drawn)
- Date:
1844 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
Scharf, George (Sir KCB FSA), born 1820 - died 1895 (possibly, artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
- Museum number:
SD.927
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case 87, shelf SC, box 34
Place of Origin
Turkey (drawn)
Date
1844 (drawn)
Artist/maker
Scharf, George (Sir KCB FSA), born 1820 - died 1895 (possibly, artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title, dated 21 May 1844 and numbered No 39
Dimensions
Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 24.4 cm
Historical context note
SD.920-SD.930 are probably from a sketchbook. Although acquired at the same time as SD.915-SD.919, SD.920-SD.930 are on different paper and are possibly in a different hand. The NPG sketchbooks include sketches of Sicily and Basel dated April and May 1844, showing that Scharf could not have been in Constantinople at that time. The possibility that the inscriptions may have been added by a collector rather than the artist may account both for the discrepancies in dates and for the similarity of some of the handwriting.
Descriptive line
Drawing,`View of the Black Sea from the Giants Mount', 1844. Possibly by Sir George Scharf KCB FSA
Subjects depicted
Turkey; Istanbul (City); Bosphorus; Black Sea; Yusa Tepesi
Categories
Drawings
Collection code
PDP
