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Tartana Cagliari
Tartana Cagliari
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Tartana Cagliari

Artist Giuseppe Cassar
Date5 May 1991
Classification(s)
Object TypeWatercolour
Registration NumberMMM 000154
DescriptionThis signed painting was presented by Giuseppe Cassar, the artist of this work, to the Maritime Museum on the occasion of the 'Maltafest Watercolour Exhibition' on August 1991. It is based on a photograph by the author taken in 1945. The painting depicts a fishing boat and a warship probably situated between Senglea and Vittoriosa in the Grand Harbour, and another warship in the background, sometime after the war. This information is provided by two labels at the back of the painting.InscriptionsOn verso, two white notes - right-hand side reads: "Presented by the author to the Maritime Museum on the occasion of the Maltafest Watercolour Exhibition August, 1991" - left-hand side reads: "'Tartana Cagliare' by Giuseppe Cassar from a photograph taken by the author in 1945. In pencil "5/5/91".Technique
Watercolour on paper; framed in silver commercially gilded frame and passepartout
Dimensions45.9 x 55.6cm (framed)
Alternate ID Numbers
  • EEA Norway Grant EEA.1662
  • Register Book Number 268
  • Inventory Card 6911-2
  • HM Object Number 82723
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MuseumMalta Maritime Museum
Location
  •   Malta Maritime Museum, Archive
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