Ali Pacha
Print
1819 (drawn), 1823 (published)
1819 (drawn), 1823 (published)
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Etching, aquatint and stipple, coloured by hand, depicting a portrait of Ali Pasha Telepene in profile, sailing along in a small boat. Lettered with title and 'Engraved by Rob.t Havell & Son. From a picture in the possession of G. Vivian, Esqr. after a sketch by L. Dupre, taken from life at Bucintro, March 9th 1819. London, Published May 1823, by Messrs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street'.
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| Materials and techniques | Etching, aquatint and stipple, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Etching, stipple and aquatint by Rovert Havell, after a drawing by Louis Dupré, depicting Ali Pasha Tepelene (ca. 1744-1822), the Ottoman governor of Ioannina (Janina). Published in London, 1823. |
| Physical description | Etching, aquatint and stipple, coloured by hand, depicting a portrait of Ali Pasha Telepene in profile, sailing along in a small boat. Lettered with title and 'Engraved by Rob.t Havell & Son. From a picture in the possession of G. Vivian, Esqr. after a sketch by L. Dupre, taken from life at Bucintro, March 9th 1819. London, Published May 1823, by Messrs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street'. |
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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 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ali Pasha Tepelene (1744? 1822) was governor of Ioannina (Janina), and for a time ruled Epirus, Albania and Thessaly. He was visited by many travellers, including Byron. According to Dupré, copies of his portrait of Ali Pasha and of another drawing were published, without his consent, in France and England prior to the publication of his book. See L.Dupré, 'Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople', 1825, p.15.
George Vivian was a traveller and amateur artist, and was in Albania in 1819. It seems very likely that he was one of Dupré's travelling companions, referred to as Vivian in Dupré's book.
See Mallalieu, Dictionary, p.265. |
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| Accession number | SP.239 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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