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Négresse Marchande de paste lakia, & le Turc de Halvat
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1836 (made)
1836 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Etching, engraving and stipple, coloured by hand, depicting a female merhcant in Turkey. Lettered with titles in French and Greek and in other hands in English and Turkish. Also lettered 'Eugenio Fulgenzi inc. si stampano in Smyrne da Raffaele Fulgenzi'. Dated 1836.
Object details
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| Title | Négresse Marchande de paste lakia, & le Turc de Halvat (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, engraving and stipple, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Etching and engraving by Eugenio Fulgenzi entitled 'Négresse Marchande de paste lakia, & le Turc de Halvat'. Turkey, 1836. |
| Physical description | Etching, engraving and stipple, coloured by hand, depicting a female merhcant in Turkey. Lettered with titles in French and Greek and in other hands in English and Turkish. Also lettered 'Eugenio Fulgenzi inc. si stampano in Smyrne da Raffaele Fulgenzi'. Dated 1836. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | NB The term "negress" was used historically to describe people of black African heritage but, since the 1960s, has fallen from usage and, increasingly, is considered offensive. The term is repeated here in its original historical context. |
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| Accession number | SP.276 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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