| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART14023.010 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 17.3 x 25.3 cm sheet and image |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil heightened with white on paper |
| Maker |
Young, Marianne |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Constantinople |
| Date made | 1854 |
| Conflict |
Crimean War, 1853-1856 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Scutari
Description
A view of the buildings of Scutari, mosques and minarets visible. Scutari is a district of Istanbul (Constantinople) and Florence Nightingale had her hospital base there throughout the Crimean War. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) prepared for her book 'Our Camp in Turkey, and the way to it', published by Richard Bentley, London 1854. Due to the outbreak of the Crimean War they were not included in the original publication.