Reception Room in the house of the Turkish Pascha - New Orsova
Drawing
1835 (drawn)
1835 (drawn)
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Pencil sketch of the interior of an Ottoman house
Object details
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| Title | Reception Room in the house of the Turkish Pascha - New Orsova (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil heightened with white |
| Brief description | Drawing, `Reception Room in the house of the Turkish Pascha - New Orsova'. 1835, by John Richard Coke Smyth |
| Physical description | Pencil sketch of the interior of an Ottoman house |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed indistinctly with title and dated Sep. 35; numbered 3. |
| 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: - `Sotheby's, March 18th., 1982 (166) '. |
| Historical context | New Orsova [Yeni Orsova] was the name given by the Turks to the island of Ada Kale [Fortress Island] in the Danube, about 4 kilometers downstream from Old Orsova [Eski Orsova, now modern Tierna]. When steamboat navigation became possible on the Danube, this island was used as a quarantine station for travellers, who had to spend at least ten days on the island. After a long and chequered history, it was completely submerged in 1971 by the Danube's water-level rising as a result of a hydro-electric scheme. The Pasha's house was a picturesque structure perched on part of the old fortifications. This drawing was used as the basis for a lithograph by John Frederick Lewis, in a book entitled Illustrations Of Constantinople, as plate 22, published in London in 1838. |
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| Accession number | SD.989 |
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| Record created | April 4, 2008 |
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