A Greek Boatman
Painting
ca. 1843 (Painted)
ca. 1843 (Painted)
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| Place of origin |
The easiest way to travel up the Bosphourus from Istanbul and visit the villages on the European and Asian shores, was to hire a boat. The sturdy boatmen, or kayikci, were usually Greek, and were skilled rowers. They had to be, because of the rapid currents and the frail nature of their craft, which were easily capsized.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Greek Boatman (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, and watercolour, touched with white |
| Brief description | Painting, 'A Greek Boatman', watercolour on paper, Count Amadeo Preziosi, Istanbul, ca. 1843 |
| Physical description | Watercolour of a man, dressed in white and wearing a fez, filling his pipe, standing on the quayside. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Preziosi |
| Object history | This drawing is part of a group of 34 bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1907. [D.14-1907-D.47-1907]. |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | The easiest way to travel up the Bosphourus from Istanbul and visit the villages on the European and Asian shores, was to hire a boat. The sturdy boatmen, or kayikci, were usually Greek, and were skilled rowers. They had to be, because of the rapid currents and the frail nature of their craft, which were easily capsized. |
| Bibliographic reference | Briony Llewellyn & Charles Newton The People and Places of Constantinople. Watercolours by Amadeo, Count Preziosi
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings 1985 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.19-1907 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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