Mehmet Aga Salam
Watercolour
ca. 1819 (painted)
ca. 1819 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Mehmet Aga Salam (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Mehmet Aga Salam, about 1819, probably by Louis Dupré |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and aga [...] di Visir Sadir Azam [followed by an inscription in Greek: eis tas Athenas]; inscribed on former paper backing Copied By [M?]. L-D-
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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: - `The pair [SD357 & 358], bt Bonhams, May 1st 1974, £20'. |
| Historical context | A version in L. Dupré, Voyage A Athènes et A Constantinople, Paris, 1825, Pl.XXVIII. This represents two figures, and is entitled Un Prêtre Grec Et Un Turc. See Searight Archive. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Les Orientales, Paris, Paris-Musees, 2010 |
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| Accession number | SD.357 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2008 |
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