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Lot 92
Melling (Antoine Ignace), Attributed to. View on the Outskirts of Constantinople, showing the Selimiye Barracks, near Scutari, watercolour, [c. 1815].
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Melling (Antoine Ignace, 1763-1831), Attributed to. View on the Outskirts of Constantinople, showing the Selimiye Barracks, near Scutari, watercolour over pencil, heightened with white, 475 x 910 mm (18 3/4 x 35 3/4 in), under glass, inscribed 'Nouvelle Caserne Impériale à Ramis-tchiflik' on the reverse, browning and surface dirt, particularly within the sky to the upper right, framed, [circa 1815]
Provenance:
Sale. Christie's, London, Exploration and Travel, 24th September 2003, lot 193, sold for £4,113 (incl. premium)
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books (Travel, Part I, 2011, no. 117, £9,000)
⁂ Large and impressive view showing the Old Barracks at Lavant from the land side, across surrounding countryside, including dwelling houses on the outskirts of the village of Scutari, on the Beshiktash bank on the Bosphorus. The barracks were constructed by Sultan Selim III (reigned 1789-1807), and were where allied forces collected prior to their proposed march against Napoleon and the French in Egypt.
Description
Melling (Antoine Ignace, 1763-1831), Attributed to. View on the Outskirts of Constantinople, showing the Selimiye Barracks, near Scutari, watercolour over pencil, heightened with white, 475 x 910 mm (18 3/4 x 35 3/4 in), under glass, inscribed 'Nouvelle Caserne Impériale à Ramis-tchiflik' on the reverse, browning and surface dirt, particularly within the sky to the upper right, framed, [circa 1815]
Provenance:
Sale. Christie's, London, Exploration and Travel, 24th September 2003, lot 193, sold for £4,113 (incl. premium)
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books (Travel, Part I, 2011, no. 117, £9,000)
⁂ Large and impressive view showing the Old Barracks at Lavant from the land side, across surrounding countryside, including dwelling houses on the outskirts of the village of Scutari, on the Beshiktash bank on the Bosphorus. The barracks were constructed by Sultan Selim III (reigned 1789-1807), and were where allied forces collected prior to their proposed march against Napoleon and the French in Egypt.
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