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Boghos Joussouff Bey

Drawing
1845-1850 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown

Drawing, 'Boghos Joussouff Bey' [Boghos Yusufian Bey], 1845-1850. Formerly attributed to Edward Lear

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Titles
  • Boghos Joussouff Bey (assigned by artist)
  • Boghos Yusufian Bey
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing, 'Boghos Joussouff Bey' [Boghos Yusufian Bey], 1845-1850. Formerly attributed to Edward Lear
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.6cm
  • Width: 21.3cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed with title and The devoted Minister & Confidential Adviser of the Renowned Mohamed Ali Viceroy of Egypt from 1817 to 1845
  • J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1845 (paper watermarked)
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. from Mavis Strange, c.1970.'
Historical context
Boghos Yusufian was born at Smyrna in 1768 and became a dragoman. Went to Egypt, 1790, and became Muhammad Ali's chief adviser. Died 1844. See: Dr. R.R. Madden, Travels in Turkey, Egypt..., 1829, Vol.I, pp.216-7; C.L. Meryon, Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope ..., 1845, Vol.III, pp.65-6; Revue d'Egypte, 1 November 1895; A. Kardashian, Materiaux pour l'histoire des Armeniens d'Egypte [in Armenian], Venice, 1986.
SD.568 must be a copy of an earlier portrait, datable, from the probable age of the sitter, to the 1820s. It may have been copied by an artist visiting Cairo in the late 1840s, or, if the original portrait was in Europe, by an artist who never visited Egypt.
Production
Formerly attributed to Edward Lear
Subject depicted
Boghos Yusufian Bey
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.568

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Record createdFebruary 24, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O145972/boghos-joussouff-bey-drawing-unknown/
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