Turkish Ladies Walking
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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), Istanbul, Middle East
- Subjects
- walking, topography, genre, Turkish, woman, 19th century costume, dress, parasol, veil
- Materials & Techniques
- lithograph, colour lithograph
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Details
- Title
- Turkish Ladies Walking
- Date
- published 1858
- Medium
- Colour lithograph
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir Stephen Gaselee, June 1930
- Provenance
- Presented to the British Consulate, Istanbul by Sir Stephen Gaselee, June 1930
- GAC number
- 15423