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Borekgi Hot Cake Seller

Watercolour
ca. 1830 to 1835 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour in an album containing 54 sketches of Turkish figures and objects, 41 sketches in the manner of C. Brocktorff, 13 in other hands. Mounted on variously coloured paper in a volume of 116 pages, half-bound in morocco; lettered in gilt on spine Scrapbook.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBorekgi Hot Cake Seller (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil
Brief description
'Borekgi Hot Cake Seller'. Painting in an album containing 54 sketches of Turkish figures and objects, 41 sketches in the manner of C. Brocktorff, 13 in other hands, about 1830-1835. Formerly attributed to Charles Frederick von Brockdorff
Physical description
Watercolour in an album containing 54 sketches of Turkish figures and objects, 41 sketches in the manner of C. Brocktorff, 13 in other hands. Mounted on variously coloured paper in a volume of 116 pages, half-bound in morocco; lettered in gilt on spine Scrapbook.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 27.4cm
  • Width: 22.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title
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
Rodney Searight Collection
Historical context
See Le Hay, Explication Des Cent Estampes Qui Representent Differentes Nations Du Levant, Paris, 1714-15, plate 57, Halvadgi.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.176:28

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Record createdNovember 20, 2008
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