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Alfred d'Orsay: Edward Dodwell (1776/7-1832) traveller, archaeologist and painter   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Alfred d'Orsay  (1801–1852)  wikidata:Q2622452
 
Alfred d'Orsay
Description French illustrator, painter, sculptor and soldier
Date of birth/death 4 September 1801 Edit this at Wikidata 4 August 1852 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Edit this at Wikidata Chambourcy Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1829-1852
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artist QS:P170,Q2622452
Title
Edward Dodwell (1776/7-1832) traveller, archaeologist and painter
Description

This drawing is taken from a series of 125 profile portraits by Count Alfred d’Orsay, made between about 1828 and 1850 and published by J. Mitchell of Bond Street. 61 similar drawings for the series and several engraved versions are now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. The sitters were all well-known artists, writers and socialites and this example shows archaeologist Edward Dodwell.

Edward Dodwell came from West Molesey in Surrey and was educated at Parson’s Green School in Somerset and Trinity College, Cambridge. He came from a wealthy family and felt no necessity to work. Dodwell travelled widely, visiting Greece three times with fellow archaeologist William Gell in 1801, 1805 and 1806. In 1805 he visited Athens with the intention of making drawings and notes on the Acropolis. To gain entry to the building, Dodwell was required to make a payment to the Turkish governor (or disdar). He paid only part of this fee and, as a result, was not granted permission to enter. Unperturbed, he found an alternative method of entry by bribing the men who guarded the Acropolis.

Dodwell spent his last years living between Naples and Rome. He died in Rome in 1832.
Date 24 February 1828
date QS:P571,+1828-02-24T00:00:00Z/11
Medium pencil on paper
medium QS:P186,Q14674;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 28 cm (11 in); width: 20.5 cm (8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,28.00U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,20.50U174728
institution QS:P195,Q5588677

Greece, Athens, British Embassy
Credit line Purchased from Colnaghi, February 1955
Inscriptions Ins bc "Dodwell" & Ins br "24 fev. / 1828 -"
Source/Photographer http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?obj=27790

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Drawing of Edward Dodwell, by Count Alfred d’Orsay, 1828

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