The Allied Fleets Anchored in the Bosphorus

Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)

Watercolour on paper

1853

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Turkey
    City: Istanbul
    Place: British Consulate-General
  • 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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    Artist
    Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
    Title
    The Allied Fleets Anchored in the Bosphorus
    Date
    1853
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 46.50 cm, width: 95.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Presented by William Selkirk, July 1952
    Inscription
    bl: Preziosi 1853
    GAC number
    1807