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Description
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The album collects watercolour views of the Ottoman lands. The views include (approximate numbers): Turkey (60, including 19 of Constantinople and environs), Crete (15), Greece (13), Corfu (11), Iraq (14, including 5 of Baghdad and environs), Rhodes (3), Balkans (2), Romania (7), Albania (6), Syria (3), Bulgaria, Macedonia, the Caucasus, Sicily, and others unidentified. . A few of the watercolours have the original source noted, such as "from Grelot", "old print", "Askwith R.A.", "W. Hamilton" (presumably Hamilton's Researches in Asia Minor, 1842), "Rev. Vyv. Arundell" (presumably Arundell's Discoveries in Asia Minor, 1834), though most are unattributed, such as a number which may be traced to Buckingham's Travels in Mesopotamia (1827)., Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. All watercolours have manuscript captions and are numbered in the top right; almost all are initialled or signed by the artist. The album is accompanied by a typewritten note (26 x 21 cm) referring to the 20 November 1963 Sotheby's sale of "Fine English 18th and 19th century drawings and paintings". Manuscript note at the front page "July 1861. Vol.II . Greek Drawings. 144"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.2016.0019, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23491346, BIB-ID: 2506820, PROVENANCE Sotheby's, sale of "Fine English 18th and 19th century drawings and paintings", 20 November 1963, lot 16 |
