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Chief of Police at Tehran

Watercolour
1833 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleChief of Police at Tehran (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour, `Chief of Police at Tehran', 1833, by Godfrey Thomas Vigne FRGS
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.4cm
  • Width: 10.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title and Persia and on the back, partly cut away, [Hea]d of a Persia[n]
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: - `acquired from Henry D'Olier Vigne, great-nephew of the artist, May 1971, £200'. [with SD.1087- SD.1094, SD.1096-SD.1101, SD.1103 & 1104: SD1105-1125, SD.1127-1130, SD.1132-1134, SD.1137-1138, SD.1150, SD.1153]
Historical context
Vigne briefly described his journey in an article in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol.9, 1839, pp.512-6: see Searight Archive; and more fully in Travels in Kashmir...,1842, Vol.1, pp.5-21.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.1095

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Record createdApril 17, 2008
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