Monday, March 12, 2018

Paul Musurus in Victorian London

Paul Musurus
A London Beggar
1860
watercolor
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Head of Bearded Man
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Apple Woman
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

"A note in the Acquisition register records that Paul Musurus was a Turk who was in the Diplomatic Service of England in about 1855-63.  There is a group of 40 drawings by him in the British Museum, purchased from Mr. Sydney Whicher in 1938." 

– curator's notes from the British Museum

Paul Musurus
Study of Male Figure
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
A Sandwich Man and a Boy
ca. 1855-63
drawing-
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Bearded Man Playing Chess
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
A London Street
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Exterior of Greengrocer's Shop
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Man Reading a Document
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Man Sitting and Reading a Newspaper
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Man Sitting by a Fire
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
A London Street
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Beggar Woman
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum

Paul Musurus
Man and Woman Conversing
ca. 1855-63
drawing
British Museum