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1. WD494-497

Reference (shelfmark):
WD494-497
Title:
MOFFAT, JAMES (1775-1815) Moffat was a Scotsman who arrived in India aged only 14, living in Calcutta from 1789 to 1815. He appears to have learnt hi ...
Scope & Content:
MOFFAT, JAMES (1775-1815) Moffat was a Scotsman who arrived in India aged only 14, living in Calcutta from 1789 to 1815. He appears to have learnt his profession of drawing and engraving in India. According to Wynyard Wilkinson (‘The Makers of Indian Colonial Silver’, London, 1987, p. 137) he w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1810
Extent:
5 items

2. WD496

Reference (shelfmark):
WD496
Title:
'The Times'. A young Englishman deferring payment of a bill while his hookah-burdar tends his pipe and his punkah-wallah fans him. Artist(s): Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:
'The Times'. A young Englishman deferring payment of a bill while his hookah-burdar tends his pipe and his punkah-wallah fans him. c.1796. Inscribed on front in ink: The Times. Published in Calcutta by J. Moffat. 1796. Pen-and-ink and wash; 8.25 by 11.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1796
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD497

Reference (shelfmark):
WD497
Title:
'Knowing Ones at Work'. A young Englishman making up his accounts with his Indian servants. Artist(s): Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:
'Knowing Ones at Work'. A young Englishmnan making up his accounts with his Indian servants. c.1796. Inscribed on front in ink: Knowing Ones at Work. Published in Calcutta by J. Moffat. December 1798. Pen-and-ink wash; 8.75 by 10 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1796
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD495

Reference (shelfmark):
WD495
Title:
Servants at work in the kitchen of a European house in Bengal. Artist(s): Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:
Servants at work in the kitchen of a European house in Bengal. c.1796. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A Bengal Kitchen. Published in Calcutta.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 10.5 by 13.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1796
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD494

Reference (shelfmark):
WD494
Title:
'The Calcutta Cotillion'. Caricature of various Calcutta residents. c. 1796 from a sketch of c. 1775. Artist(s): Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:
'The Calcutta Cotillion'. Caricature of various Calcutta residents. c.1796 from a sketch of c.1775. Inscribed on front in ink: The Calcutta Cotillion. Copied from one by Colonel Green; also inscribed with names of dancers. Pen-and-ink and wash; 5.5 by 14 ins. Purchased 19 October 1914. No...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1796
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD4508

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4508
Title:
View of an entrance to the temple at Kerdah, near Barrackpore. Artist(s): Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:
View of an entrance to the temple at Kerdah, near Barrackpore Pencil, pen and brown ink and water-colour; 431 x 660 mm. Engraved: by J. Moffat as ‘Barrackpore, Pagoda near Khardah,’ and published 1805-10. Provenance: with Spencer’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Bridlington, June 1971, where purchase...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805-1810
Extent:
1 Item