View of Hyderabad, southern India
Maker
(artist)
1781-1850
1781-1850
Title
View of Hyderabad, southern India
Medium
graphite, watercolour with some gum arabic, bodycolour, scratching out on wove paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 21.8 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4510
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
Provenance
Philip Henry, by September 1950?; 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. 56
p. 56
Inscriptions
Inscription: Hyderabad n. 58
Inscription: William Westall ARA 1781-1850 / Hyderbad. / Scene at the entrance gate of the / city with native ceremonial procession / in progress. / There is an aquatint of this drawing / Philip I[?] Henry / September / 1950 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: William Westall ARA 1781-1850 / Hyderbad. / Scene at the entrance gate of the / city with native ceremonial procession / in progress. / There is an aquatint of this drawing / Philip I[?] Henry / September / 1950 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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