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Englishman in a palanquin carried by four Indians

Maker

(artist)
1774-1852

Title

Englishman in a palanquin carried by four Indians

Date of Production

(5 September) 1805

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on paper, laid down on a historic mount with gold and wash borders

Dimensions

Height: 8.2 cm
Width: 21.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3997

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords


palanquins


Provenance

Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check, as is laid down.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, dated by the artist: “Madras / 5. Sept. 1805:”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “George Chinnery / 1774-1852 / Signed + dated 5. Sept. 1805 / Madras / ‘The British Raj’”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, blue crayon: “45”.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto; lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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