Osman Pasha
Watercolour
1878 (painted)
1878 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Osman Pasha (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink |
| Brief description | Drawing, Portrait sketch of Osman Pasha, Ottoman general, 1878, by an artist signing with the monogram HC |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed with monogram HC [or CH] and inscribed with title on back of mount |
| 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 Lucy Hoare, Sept.1967 £3' [SD.193-SD.196]. |
| Historical context | C. H (or H., C) was probably a Special Artist for the Illustrated London News. The same monogram appears on an engraving of the Oltenitza, North Bank of The Danube in the ILN, 2 June, 1877, p.508, accredited to `one of our Special Artists'; and again on 2 March 1878, p.188, View From Constantinople, Showing Prince's Islands In The Distance, accredited to `an obliging correspondent' (p.187). There were a number of artists sent out to cover the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-8. For suggestions as to the identity of this one, see Searight Archive. See also Houfe, 1981, Chapter 7, pp.136-147. |
| Production | Painted by an artist signing with the monogram HC |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.193 |
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| Record created | December 21, 2007 |
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