The Prince Soutzo
Drawing
1827 (drawn)
1827 (drawn)
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Drawing
Object details
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| Title | The Prince Soutzo (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen, brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over pencil |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'The Prince Soutzo', 1827, by Sir George Hayter |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title, signed with initials, inscribed and dated GH. Pisa. 1827.; inscribed with names and colour notes |
| 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 Phillips, 10/4/78 [(7)], £22'. |
| Historical context | Prince Mihail Soutzo (1784-1864; known as Mihal-Voda) belonged to an influential Phanariot Greek family based in Constantinople, where he was Grand Dragoman, 1817. Vaivode of Moldavia 1818-21, when deposed. Confined in Austria for four years, then visited Italy. Participated in the Greek War of Independence. Greek Ambassador to Paris and St. Petersburg and later settled in Athens. See D. Sisilianos, Ancient and Modern Athens, Part II, Athens, n.d., and M.D. Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris 1983. For another portrait, see L. Dupré, Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, Paris, 1825, Pl.XXXVIII and p.50. Hayter visited Italy for a second time 1826-9. |
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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.490 |
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| Record created | February 8, 2008 |
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