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The Indian Maid

Maker

(artist)
1815-1881

(engraver)
1791-1857

(publisher)

Title

The Indian Maid

Date of Production

1846

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 33 cm
Width: 26.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4231.2

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Related Works

The Beauties of Moore

Notes

Illustration from Finden's Beauties of Moore, about 1846-7. This work contains potentially offensive or inappropriate content. The Beauties of Moore series demonstrates a 19th century fashion for depicting ethnic 'types'. Such imagery often includes problematic stereotypes, and racist and misogynistic content.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed: The Indian Maid. / "Oh, for a sunbeam rich and warm, / From thy own Ganges' fervid haunts / To light thee up, thou lovely form!" /; lower left, printed: Painted by A. Elmore, A.R.A.; lower right, printed: Engraved by E. Finden.; upper right margin, stamped [later Witt inscription]: WITT / LIBRARY; upper left margin, pencil [later Witt inscription]: 926/68/60; lower left margin, pen: A. ELMORE; lower right margin, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.

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