Exhibitions and records of works of art
Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
'Les femmes Souliotes'
1860Albumen print? | RCIN 2865016
Photograph of a drawing by Ary Scheffer, drafted around 1826 as preparatory for his painting Les femmes Souliotes. Completed in 1827, the painting is now in the collection of the Louvre, Paris (Ivn. no. 7857). It depicts various women from Souli gathered on the Zalongo clifftop before their act of resistance during the 1803 Souliote War against the Ottoman Empire.
Scheffer (and his studio) continued throughout his life to produce new works of old compositions on demand. His paintings were also widely reproduced as etchings.
Creator(s)
After Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) (artist)
Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Greek War of Independence (1821-1827)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
