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Russikon, 1843

Drawing
1843 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A drawing depicting the St. Panteleimon Monastery, Mount Athos.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRussikon, 1843 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing heightened with Kaolinite
Brief description
Drawing, 'Russikon, 1843', pencil heightened with Kaolinite, Greece, 1843
Physical description
A drawing depicting the St. Panteleimon Monastery, Mount Athos.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.75in (Note: approx)
  • Width: 13.6875in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with title)
Credit line
From the Bulwer Lytton collection. Given by the Executors of Lady Marling, C.B.E.
Object history
This drawing along with six others in the Victoria & Albert Museum's Collection (E.1030-1036-1928) are said to have been done by a woman who went ashore in a midshipman's uniform.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.1031-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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