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A Series of Twelve Views From Water-Colour Sketches Made On The Spot, During The Period Of Service Of H.M.S. Retribution In The Black Sea And The Bosphorus

Print
1856 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph from a volume of views of the Black Sea and the Bosphorus. Plates (13, including title page) with descriptive text. Dedicated to The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. G.C.B. M.P. First Lord Of The Admiralty.
Publisher's paper wrappers preserved in a portfolio. Lettered with titles and numbered.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • A Series of Twelve Views From Water-Colour Sketches Made On The Spot, During The Period Of Service Of H.M.S. Retribution In The Black Sea And The Bosphorus (series title)
  • Beikos Bay And Fleet, Bosphorus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, with two tint stones
Brief description
Lithograph entitled 'Beikos Bay And Fleet, Bosphorus' from a volume of plates (12) entitled 'A Series of Twelve Views From Water-Colour Sketches Made On The Spot, During The Period Of Service Of H.M.S. Retribution In The Black Sea And The Bosphorus', after watercolours by Commander Frederick Montagu O'Reilly of the Royal Navy. Printed by Day & Son, London, 1856.
Physical description
Lithograph from a volume of views of the Black Sea and the Bosphorus. Plates (13, including title page) with descriptive text. Dedicated to The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. G.C.B. M.P. First Lord Of The Admiralty.
Publisher's paper wrappers preserved in a portfolio. Lettered with titles and numbered.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.2cm
  • Width: 29.5cm (Size of portfolio)
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
Commr Montagu O'Reilly R.N. delt J. Needham lith. London Published Novr. 1st. 1856 by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen (Lettered)
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
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.436:3

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