Encampment at Scutari on the Bosphorus
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About the work
- Location
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Country: Turkey
City: Istanbul
Place: British Consulate-General
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About the artist
Amadeo, Fifth Count Preziosi, a Maltese noble, abandoned his law studies to enter the Paris Academy of Fine Arts. He travelled to Constantinople in 1842 and while there was commissioned by the British Ambassador’s Private Secretary to make a series of drawings. This helped establish his reputation as an artist and he set up a studio in Constantinople. In addition to Italian, Preziosi spoke French, Greek, English and Turkish. He married a Greek woman from Constantinople and had four children. For many years he lived in Beyoglu, near the present British Consulate. While his pictures were often bought by locals, his reputation rapidly spread to Western Europe as travellers (including the Prince of Wales) took his works home as souvenirs.
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Explore
- Places
- Turkey (as place name), Üsküdar, Bosphorus, Istanbul, Middle East
- Subjects
- horseback, drinking, topography, townscape/cityscape, horse, sea, woman, 19th century costume, military uniform, kilt, trousers, mug, bottle, flag, bayonet, rifle (military), soldier, mosque, tent/marquee, chair, ship
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)
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Details
- Title
- Encampment at Scutari on the Bosphorus
- Date
- 11 May 1854
- Medium
- Watercolour on paper
- Acquisition
- Presented by William Selkirk, July 1952
- Inscription
- br: Scutari 11 Maggio 1854 Preziosi
- GAC number
- 1806