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Dardanelles

Watercolour
1854 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDardanelles (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white, on blue-green paper
Brief description
Watercolour, `Dardanelles', 1854 by Captain Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.8cm
  • Width: 26cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
On the back inscribed with title and dated Sept 54., signed G Le M Tupper., and numbered No.11 - first series.
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 fr Albany Gallery, March 1972 £24'.
Historical context
The watercolour is from an album representing the Crimea, and places seen on the way there from England, exhibited at the Albany Gallery, 1972. (See Searight Archive.)
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.1064

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Record createdApril 12, 2008
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