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Character And Costume In Turkey and Italy

Print
ca. 1840 (made), ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph depicting 'The favourite Storyteller of Constantinople', tinted with one tint-stone, with additional colouring by hand, half-bound in red morocco. A group of men sit around the storyteller, smoking pipes and drinking from small glasses. Lettered with title.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Character And Costume In Turkey and Italy (series title)
  • The favourite Storyteller of Constantinople (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph
Brief description
Lithograph entitled 'The favourite Storyteller of Constantinople' from a volume of prints drawn by Thomas Allom and engraved by Charles Hullmandel entitled 'Character And Costume In Turkey and Italy'. Great Britain, ca. 1840.
Physical description
Lithograph depicting 'The favourite Storyteller of Constantinople', tinted with one tint-stone, with additional colouring by hand, half-bound in red morocco. A group of men sit around the storyteller, smoking pipes and drinking from small glasses. Lettered with title.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 42.8cm
  • Width: 32cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
Designed from Nature & on Stone by T. Allom. Printed by C.Hullmandel. Fisher, Son & Co' Paris & London. (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
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.21

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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