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Sketches in the Crimea

Print
1856 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Dickinson (publishers)
Hanhart (printers)
Place of origin
Britain (printed)

Hand coloured lithograph depicting a view in the Crimea. Bound in green morocco with gilt. Album autographed by artist for 'Mrs. Shute with the Authors kind Compts. Poona March 1860'. Each plate lettered with title and, variously, 'H.J. Warre, Delt. M & N. Hanhart Impt. Dickinson Bros. Lith'. Most plates lettered 'London, Dickinson Bros. 114 New Bond Street'. Some plates with additions to titles in pencil.

Object details

Categories
Prints
War
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Sketches in the Crimea (series title)
  • Sebastopol From The Sea (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph with two tint-stones, coloured by hand
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Hand-coloured lithograph entitled 'Sebastopol From The Sea', after a drawing by Colonel H. L. Warre from a volume of plates (15) entitled 'Sketches In The Crimea'. British School, 1856.
Physical description
Hand coloured lithograph depicting a view in the Crimea. Bound in green morocco with gilt. Album autographed by artist for 'Mrs. Shute with the Authors kind Compts. Poona March 1860'. Each plate lettered with title and, variously, 'H.J. Warre, Delt. M & N. Hanhart Impt. Dickinson Bros. Lith'. Most plates lettered 'London, Dickinson Bros. 114 New Bond Street'. Some plates with additions to titles in pencil.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 19cm
  • Width: 27cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Travel Sketches
Armies
Wars
Crimean War
Places depicted
Crimea
Ukraine
Sebastopol
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.637:11

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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