Mahmoud
Watercolour
1818 (painted)
1818 (painted)
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There are two sketches of Mahmoud on the page, the lower pen and ink sketch being a 'headless' version of the watercolour above.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink, pencil and watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Mahmoud [Mahmud], 1818, by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA |
| Physical description | There are two sketches of Mahmoud on the page, the lower pen and ink sketch being a 'headless' version of the watercolour above. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title |
| 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 Sotheby's, June 1970, £50, [for SD.359 - SD.362] including two others, [i.e.the six for £50 in total and then two were] subsequently sold' |
| Historical context | Eastlake travelled to Greece in 1818 in company with (Sir) Charles Barry, William Kinnard and Francis Johnson. He sketched prolifically in Athens for over three months, staying on there after his companions had left for Constantinople. |
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| Accession number | SD.361 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2008 |
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