drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1935,0306.5
- Description
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Fortress of Yenikale looking towards the Sea of Azov; a low coast with fort at left, two boats on the water, a group of men hauling cargo (?) on to a platform in the mid-distance
Watercolour
- Production date
- 1823-1899
- Dimensions
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Height: 108 millimetres
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Width: 183 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Lithographed by G McCulloch in George Brackenbury's 'The Campaign in the Crimea', Series 2, pl 3, p 80.
This is one of eight original watercolours by William Simpson in the British Museum’s collection depicting the Crimean War. For the other works from this series, see reg. nos. 1935,0306.1 to 8, and for more information on Simpson’s work in the Crimea, see reg. no. 1971,0515.10.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Crimean War 1853-1856
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Campaign in the Crimea
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Correspondance from Stanley Gardiner received by the Department of Prints & Drawings in March 1935 records that he bought these drawings some time in the early 1930s (q.v.) at an auction of Churchyard's effects in Woodbridge.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0306.5