A Kavas
Watercolour
about 1843 (Painted)
about 1843 (Painted)
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| Place of origin |
A kavas was a guard, or a uniformed doorkeeper at an embassy or Government building, and in earlier times, it meant a bodyguard. This kavas is wearing the large tasselled fez, and a military uniform, as worn by various officials in Istanbul in the 1840s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Kavas |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour |
| Brief description | A Kavas, about 1843. Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas, known as Amadeo, 5th Count Preziosi |
| Physical description | Watercolour of a seated man, wearing a tasselled fez and a brown uniform |
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| Object history | This drawing is part of a group of 34 bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1907. [D.14-1907-D.47-1907]. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | A kavas was a guard, or a uniformed doorkeeper at an embassy or Government building, and in earlier times, it meant a bodyguard. This kavas is wearing the large tasselled fez, and a military uniform, as worn by various officials in Istanbul in the 1840s. |
| Bibliographic reference | Briony Llewellyn & Charles Newton The People and Places of Constantinople. Watercolours by Amadeo, Count Preziosi
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings 1985 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.30-1907 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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