Sketches made during the Campaign of 1854-55 in the Crimea, Circassia and Constantinople
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
23
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Sketches made during the Campaign of 1854-55 in the Crimea, Circassia and Constantinople is a 23 by William Simpson, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a rough, hilly landscape with a small town at the bottom. The lines are light and hurried, like quick notes on paper. A winding path cuts through the hills, and a few tiny buildings sit near the water’s edge. The date on the drawing—April 23, 1885—isn’t when it was made, but when it was finished later. The artist was actually sketching war zones decades earlier. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this artist’s fast, loose sketches.
William Simpson drew what he saw during the Crimean War in the 1850s, including sketches of battles and camps in Crimea and Constantinople.
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