Hussein Pasha
Watercolour
1843 (painted)
1843 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Hussein Pasha (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Hussein Pasha', 1843, by Godfrey Thomas Vigne FRGS |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and Widdin and date Nov 13th. 1843, and The destroyer of the Janissaries |
| 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: - `Frank Vigne, a great-nephew of the artist; acquired from Charles Griffin, Monmouth, August 1978 and July 1979, £320' [with SD1102, SD.1140-1149, SD.1151-1152, 1154-1156: Frank Vigne, a great-nephew of the artist; acquired from Charles Griffin, Monmouth, August 1978 and July 1979, £320' |
| Historical context | Aga Hüseyin Pasa led the extermination by the Sultan's troops and cannon, of the Janisseries on 15 June 1826: see B. Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, 2nd. issue, 1968, p.79. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.1139 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2008 |
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