Philadelphia
Watercolour
ca. 1838 (painted)
ca. 1838 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Philadelphia (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil heightened with white, with scratching out |
| Brief description | Watercolour,`Philadelphia', about 1838 by Thomas Allom |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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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 | According to Rodney Searight: `Bt fr PHW May 1973 £25'. |
| Historical context | Illustrated in Walsh, Constantinople, Fisher, [1838 etc.], vol.I, facing p.71, engraved by by W. Floyd, as `Philadelphia. Called by the Turks, Allah Sher, `the City of God.'. An oil version was among a series depicting `The Seven Churches of Asia Minor' painted for George Virtue and engraved for The Art Journal in 1863. The modern Turkish name for Philadelphia is now Alashehir, which does not mean `the City of God'. |
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| Accession number | SD.24 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2007 |
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