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Barker Panorama of Constantinople

Etching and Aquatint
1799 (drawn), 1801 (exhibited), 1813 (published)
Artist/Maker
Henry Aston Barker (artist)
Charles Tomkins (etcher)
Frederick Christian Lewis (aquatinter)
George Robert Lewis (aquatinter)
Place of origin
Turkey (drawn)
Britain (printed)

Etching and aquatint printed in brown, with additional colouring by hand, depicting the Aqueduct of Valens in a panorama of Constantinople (Istanbul). Each plate lettered variously with title and 'Drawn on the Spot by Henry Aston Barker', 'Etched by C.Tomkins' & 'Aquatinted by F.C. & G.Lewis'.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Etching and aquatint
Titles
  • Barker Panorama of Constantinople (generic title)
  • Aqueduct of Valens (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching and aquatint printed in brown and hand-coloured
Paper
Printing
Aquatint
Etching
Colouring
Brief description
Etching and aquatint depicting the Aqueduct of Valens in a 'Panorama Of Constantinople, and its Environs', eight plates forming a panorama by Henry Aston Barker. British School, 1813.
Physical description
Etching and aquatint printed in brown, with additional colouring by hand, depicting the Aqueduct of Valens in a panorama of Constantinople (Istanbul). Each plate lettered variously with title and 'Drawn on the Spot by Henry Aston Barker', 'Etched by C.Tomkins' & 'Aquatinted by F.C. & G.Lewis'.
Dimensions
  • Trimmed to height: 60.5 cm
  • Width: 53.5in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
  • Drawn on the Spot by Henry Aston Barker (Lettered)
  • Etched by C.Tomkins & Aquatinted by F.C. & G. Lewis (Lettered)
  • Published Jany.1s.t 1813, by Thos. Palser, Surry Side Westminster Bridge and H.A.Barker, West Square (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
Panorama
Cities
Landscapes
Aqueduct
Places depicted
Istanbul
Turkey
Valens
Bibliographic reference
Barker set off for Turkey in 1799 to make drawings for a panorama of Constantinople, which was exhibited in 1801. Subsequent exhibitions of a panorama of Constantinople are recorded, but it is not clear whether the original work is referred to, or a version of it. The drawings were probably executed from the Galata Tower.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.77:3

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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