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A view of Tripoli, Libya, signed by Huseyn Tevfiq
Libya, dated AH 1300/AD 1882

21 April 2015, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

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A view of Tripoli, Libya, signed by Huseyn Tevfiq
Libya, dated AH 1300/AD 1882

pen and ink and watercolour on paper, a trophy-style coat of arms at upper centre containing the legend Tarabalus-i Gharb Manzarasi, a key in Ottoman Turkish naming the various locations depicted along the lower edge, seal impression of the draughtsman at lower left, trompe l'oeil rolled scroll effects in each corner, framed
260 x 750 mm.

Footnotes

The draughtsman, Huseyn Tevfiq, was a Lieutenant attached to the Supreme Military Command, and his name and seal impression (dated AH 1295/AD 1878) appear at the lower left.

The view shows the city walls and fortifications, the Customs House, the Quarantine, the Arsenal, Government House and the Governor's mansion, as well as five major mosques and the foreign legations of Great Britain, France, Italy, Greece and Spain.

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