Richard DaddA Turk 1863

Richard Dadd, ‘A Turk’ 1863
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Artist
Richard Dadd (1817‑1886)
Title
A Turk
Date 1863
MediumWatercolour on board
Dimensionssupport: 63 x 63 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Presented in memory of H.B. Hagreen by his children 1915
Reference
N03023
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This study would have been based on the sketchbooks Dadd made on his travels through the Middle East and which he took with him to Bethlem. Details such as the red fez which shows through the man’s turban and the grill by his side for cooking would have derived from such sketches as well as from memory.

May 2007

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