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View of Seraglio Point from the Mosque at Scutary

Roberts, D. Captain RN

1830

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Romanticism Early 19th Century Cityscape

Dominant colour

View of Seraglio Point from the Mosque at Scutary is a 1830 watercolor by Roberts, D. Captain RN, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Roberts, D. Captain RN
When & what style?: 1830 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This sketch shows a tall tower with a pointed roof and small windows near the top. Below it, a courtyard with low buildings, trees, and a few people walking around. In the distance, a waterway and more buildings fade into the background. The artist focused on light and shadow to give the scene depth, especially on the tower’s details. This was common in watercolors of the time. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more sketches like this.

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour drawing by Captain D. Roberts, R.N., titled *View of Seraglio Point from the Mosque at Scutary*, depicts a scene from Constantinople as seen from the mosque at Scutari. Created in 1830, the work was later reproduced as an etching in Finden's *Landscape and Portrait Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron* (1833–34). The drawing was once part of the collection of Bill Thomson, acquired in June 1970.

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About the artist

Artist

Roberts, D. Captain RN

Captain Roberts painted watercolours of Ottoman ports in the 1820s–30s, recording harbours, mosques and domes with a sailor’s eye for angles and light.

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