Watercolour of Seraglio Point in Constantinople, 1857
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Object number2024.00014.08
TitleWatercolour of Seraglio Point in Constantinople, 1857
Creator Edwin Landseer Grundy (artist)
DescriptionA small watercolour of Seraglio Point in Constantinople, now Istanbul, drawn in 1857 by Edwin Landseer Grundy. It shows the Seraglio Palace, or Topkapi Palace as seen from the water. The palace is shown with white walls and various towers, as well as some trees and greenery.
Topkapi Palace was the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire until 1856, the year before this watercolour was painted, and the main residence of the Ottoman sultans. Seraglio Point (or Sarayburnu in Turkish, meaning the 'Palace Cape') is a headland separating the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul.
The watercolour was removed from a scrapbook which was compiled by Edwin Landseer Grundy and contained many of his own drawings and sketches. Grundy was an apprentice and junior officer on board the SS Great Britain as well as the Royal Charter in the 1850s. He served on board the SS Great Britain when the ship carried troops to the conflict in the Crimea in 1855/56, which included several visits to the port in Istanbul.
Production placeIndia
Production date 1857 - 1857
Object namewatercolour
Object categoryvisual art
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted, painted, hand-written
Dimensions
- image height: 64 mm
image width: 137 mm
including mount height: 100 mm
including mount width: 233 mm