Moullah Chéite - (à Gandjà ou Elisavetopol.)
Watercolour
ca. 1842 (painted)
ca. 1842 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, water- and bodycolour, touched with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Moullah Chéite - (à Gandjà ou Elisavetopol.)', about 1842, by Prince Grigoriy Grigorievich Gagarin |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title. Signed in Russian with monogram, inscribed 16e. livr: and with an illegible note |
| 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: - `Sotheby's `Islamic' Sale on April 19th 1978.' [SD.406-SD.410] |
| Historical context | Reproduced in Gagarin, Scènes, paysages, moeurs et costumes du Caucase, Paris, 8e liv., Pl. 44. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Searight, Rodney and Scarce, Jennifer M., A Middle Eastern journey : artists on their travels from the collection of Rodney Searight, Talbot Rice Art Centre, 1980 |
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| Accession number | SD.410 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2008 |
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