Portrait of a man, bust in profile, facing left
Drawing
1848 (drawn)
1848 (drawn)
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Title | Portrait of a man, bust in profile, facing left (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Pencil, on two sheets, formerly one, pasted down on card |
Brief description | Drawing, Portrait of a man, bust in profile, facing left, 1848, by Prince Alexei Dmitriyevich Saltykov |
Physical description | Drawing |
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Marks and inscriptions | Signed A. Soltykoff. Inscribed A bord de l'Egyptus, en rade d'Alexandrie le 10. Mai 1848 and inscribed on the back of the original frame Eyre Coote to Thomas Hall, May 14, 1859 and Eyre Coote Esq, 1848 -[...] to E. R. Corry
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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 Eyre Coote. |
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Accession number | SD.992 |
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Record created | April 4, 2008 |
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