Portrait of a man, three-quarters, facing right
Drawing
1848 (drawn)
1848 (drawn)
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| Title | Portrait of a man, three-quarters, facing right (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | Drawing, Portrait of a man, three-quarters, facing right, 1848, by Prince Alexei Dmitriyevich Saltykov |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed P.ce A. Soltykoff. Inscribed A bord de l'Egyptus, en rade d'Alexandrie le 10. Mai 1848
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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: - `Phillips - 1 Oct. 1979' [SD.991 & SD.992] |
| Historical context | See M. Bird, Samuel Shepheard of Cairo, 1957, p.165, for a letter dated 1856 which includes `We have had some high company, Prince Soltykoff, Lords Balgowrie, Seymour, Scott [...]'. See Searight Archive for suggestion that the sitter is Rear-Admiral Armar Lowry Corry. |
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| Accession number | SD.991 |
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| Record created | April 4, 2008 |
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