Faro, the Capital of Algarve

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Artist/Maker	Messrs. Cadell & Davies (publisher) Baily (engraver) Landmann, George Thomas Colonel (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

A colour aquatint depicting a seaside landscape with a settlement, consisting of whitewashed buildings, visible in the background. There are tall ships and boats on the water along with three human figures and a number of seabirds.

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Categories	Prints Topography
Object type	Print
Title	Faro, the Capital of Algarve (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour aquatint after a watercolour by George Thomas Landmann Paper Colour Aquatint
Brief description	Print engraved by Baily after George Thomas Landmann, 'Faro, the Capital of Algarve', colour aquatint, published in London, 1813
Physical description	A colour aquatint depicting a seaside landscape with a settlement, consisting of whitewashed buildings, visible in the background. There are tall ships and boats on the water along with three human figures and a number of seabirds.
Dimensions	Height: 8.8125in Width: 23.375in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions	Signed 'Baily sculpt.' Inscribed 'G. Landmann del^t London. Pub^d 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand.'
Credit line	Given by Col. D. H. Colnaghi
Subjects depicted	Sea Townscape Tall Ships Boats Birds
Place depicted	Faro
Association	Portugal
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2661-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O755247/faro-the-capital-of-algarve-print-baily/

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