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N.West View of the Tower of the Winds [Athens],
Watercolour
ca. 1810 (painted)
ca. 1810 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | N.West View of the Tower of the Winds [Athens], (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour, on laid paper watermarked C & I Honig with chequered shield etc. |
| Brief description | Watercolour, N.West View of the Tower of the Winds [Athens], about 1810. Artist unknown |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the back with title and This & 1 other 2 £ 3.0
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Historical context | For suggested possible connections with Lord Byron and German artists working in Athens c.1810, and for former suggested attribution to M-F. Préaulx, see Searight Archive. The Tower of the Winds, correctly called the Andronikos Clock, was a hydraulic clock. During the Turkish occupation it was used as a tekke for the Mevlevi sect of Dancing Dervishes. |
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| Accession number | SD.1251 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2008 |
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