Angel
Watercolour
c.1920 (made)
c.1920 (made)
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Watercolour copy of a fresco of an angel wearing colourful clothing and holding a staff in one hand. On either side of the image of the angel there is a decorative floral border in multiple colours.
Object details
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Title | Angel (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | watercolour |
Brief description | Lidiya Nikanorova. One of two copies of frescoes depicting angels from the Mosque of Kahrie-djami, Constantinople (now Chora Church museum, Istanbul) |
Physical description | Watercolour copy of a fresco of an angel wearing colourful clothing and holding a staff in one hand. On either side of the image of the angel there is a decorative floral border in multiple colours. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926. |
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Accession number | E.1379-1924 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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