drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.6088
- Title
- Object: A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treat of 1790 by Sir Chas Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East Indies on the 6th,, July 1790
- Description
-
A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, where Indian and European men, nobles and soldiers are gathered, watching Sir Charles Warre Malet hand a scrolled paper to the Indian ruler sitting in the centre; a shrine with a statue of Ganesh, arched windows and niches other statues of Hindhu deities in the wall to left; after Daniell.
Outline drawing in red ink, squared up with graphite
- Production date
- 1807 (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 585 millimetres
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Width: 888 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For the related print, see 2010,7081.6086
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.6088
