Bakhchysarai, Ukraine: the approach to the monastery of the Assumption. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood, 1857.

  • Blackwood, Alicia, Lady.
Date:
1857
Reference:
2136662i
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Description

The lithograph shows a steep approach path up to the monastery. At the bottom of the path, there are two soldiers and a tent: one of the soldiers cooks on a fire and the other carries water in buckets for their horses. A coach stands behind them. The monastery is shown above among cliffs on the right. The abbot (?) comes down from the hill towards the military camp

Publication/Creation

[Ventnor, Isle of Wight.] : [publisher not identified] (Bristol : Lavars printer)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with tint plate, with white heightening ; image 35 x 25.5 cm

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Lettering

The monastery of the Assumption. Near Batchiserai. . Lithog.d from nature by Lady A. B.

References note

J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, vol. I, London, 1957, pp. 213-214, no. 242.10

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2136662i

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