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Rumeli Hisari on the European shore of the Bosphorus, from the Asian shore near Anadolu Hisari

Watercolour
ca. 1820 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Turkey (painted)

Watercolour drawing

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
TitleRumeli Hisari on the European shore of the Bosphorus, from the Asian shore near Anadolu Hisari (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, Rumeli Hisari on the European shore of the Bosphorus, from the Asian shore near Anadolu Hisari, about 1820. Artist unknown
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.7cm
  • Width: 53.7cm
Styles
British School
Orientalism
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
SD.1263-SD.1270 may be copies of, or derived from, Canning's anonymous Greek artist (see SD.1261 & SD.1262). There may also be a connection with John Cam Hobhouse and Lord Byron who toured Greece and Turkey together, 1809-10: see J. C. Hobhouse, A Journey through Albania...to Constantinople... 1809 and 1810, 1813, For former suggested attributions see Searight Archive, under `English School'. See also SD.1065 & SD.1066 by Mrs W. Turner .
SD.1263-1265 appear to be by the same hand, and possibly also SD.1266-1268. The artist may have been an English visitor to Constantinople. Cf. a similar view by Canning's anonymous Greek artist in the VAM, DPD (D.131-1895).
Subjects depicted
Ships
Castles
Places depicted
Turkey
Istanbul
Bosphorus
Rumeli Hisar
Anadolu
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SD.1267

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Record createdApril 29, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153716/rumeli-hisari-on-the-european-watercolour-unknown/
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