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Stamboul- Recollections Of Eastern Life By Preziosi

Print
1858 (published)
Artist/Maker
Imprimerie Lemercier Et Cie (printers)
Preziosi (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Colour lithograph from a volume of plates (30) depicting scenes of Turkish life. Bound in publisher's decorated cloth, rebacked with purple morocco. Title page lettered with title in English and 'Imp. Lemercier, Paris'. All other plates lettered with title in English and French, signed by Preziosi, dated 1857 or 1858, and lettered, variously, 'Imp. Lemercier, Paris'.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Stamboul- Recollections Of Eastern Life By Preziosi (series title)
  • Pilaff. Pilaff (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph entitled 'Pilaff. Pilaff', after a drawing by Count Amadeo Preziosi from a volume entitled 'Stamboul- Recollections Of Eastern Life By Preziosi', a volume of plates (30) depicting scenes in Turkey. Paris, 1858.
Physical description
Colour lithograph from a volume of plates (30) depicting scenes of Turkish life. Bound in publisher's decorated cloth, rebacked with purple morocco. Title page lettered with title in English and 'Imp. Lemercier, Paris'. All other plates lettered with title in English and French, signed by Preziosi, dated 1857 or 1858, and lettered, variously, 'Imp. Lemercier, Paris'.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 43.2cm
  • Width: 60cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Lifestyle
Culture
Vendors
Places depicted
Turkey
Istanbul
Bibliographic references
  • In this edition, no lithographer is named, which suggests that Preziosi himself may have been responsible for the lithography. There were a number of editions, with slight variations. The 1858 edition apparently appeared in two versions, one with an English title page (as here) and another with a French title page (see Colas, 1933, No.2422). In 1861, another edition was printed, with the name of Jules Ma added as lithographer (see VAM, DPD), while a further edition appeared in 1882 (see BL and Colas, 1933). See VAM, The People & Places Of Constantinople, 1985, p.54.
  • VAM, The People & Places of Constantinople, 1985, exh. cat. by B.Llewellyn and C.Newton.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.477:15

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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