album;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1997,1109,0.119
- Title
- Object: Gentoo Pagoda near Trincomalle -- Nov. 1823
- Description
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A pen and black ink drawing with grey wash of a small Hindu temple and associated buildings in a grove of palm and palmetto trees. Inscribed and dated.
On the reverse: three drawings in similar media of outrigger canoes and oarsmen, one with a large square sail. Inscribed.
- Production date
- 1823
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.90 centimetres
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Width: 21.60 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- From an album titled: "Worthless Scraps from Many Lands".
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Probably cut down on all four sides.
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Prior to acquisition by the BM the collection was kept in Vancouver (Canada) by the vendor who was a descendant of the artist.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1997,1109,0.119