Views In Turkey in Europe and Asia
Print
1801 (published)
1801 (published)
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Etching and aquatint, coloured by hand, and pen and ink and wash, depicting a view from a volume entitled 'Views In Turkey in Europe and Asia'. Half bound in green morocco. The volume includes a dedicatory page, descriptive text, two illustrated title pages, and three letterpress title pages. Each plate lettered with title. Each plate (except for title pages and dedicatory page) lettered variously, 'London, Published by W Watts', followed by a full date in 1780 (SP380 [49]), 1782 (SP380 [58]), 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806.
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Title | Views In Turkey in Europe and Asia (series title) |
Materials and techniques | Etching and aquatint |
Brief description | Etching and aquatint by William Watts and Luigi Mayer, from a volume comprised of plates (63) with descriptive texts, dedicatory page and illustrated title pages, entitled 'Views In Turkey in Europe and Asia', published by Colnaghi and Co. Great Britain, 1801. |
Physical description | Etching and aquatint, coloured by hand, and pen and ink and wash, depicting a view from a volume entitled 'Views In Turkey in Europe and Asia'. Half bound in green morocco. The volume includes a dedicatory page, descriptive text, two illustrated title pages, and three letterpress title pages. Each plate lettered with title. Each plate (except for title pages and dedicatory page) lettered variously, 'London, Published by W Watts', followed by a full date in 1780 (SP380 [49]), 1782 (SP380 [58]), 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806. |
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Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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Accession number | SP.380:9 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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