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Views In Turkey in Europe and Asia

Print
1801 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleViews 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.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 39.8 cm
  • Width: 52.2cm
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
Collection
Accession number
SP.380:5

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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