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Add Or 2608
- Record Id:
- 032-003263822
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263822
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00010f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 2608
- Title:
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A great tree on Prince of Wales' Island (Penang)
- Scope & Content:
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A great tree on Prince of Wales’ Island (Penang).
Probably drawn by a Chinese artist, c.1825.
Inscribed: ‘Great Tree Prince of Wales’ Island. 32 feet in’ ‘circumference - 120 in height to the first branch.’
Unfinished, pencil; 23 by 18.75 ins.
Presented by Robert Skelton, 14 June 1966.
Note: Part of a set of drawings of Malayan fruits by Chinese artists in Penang. The drawing is a hesitant copy of the aquatint, ‘View of the Great Tree, Prince of Wales Island’, in ‘Views in Prince of Wales’ Island’ (London, 1821) made by William Daniell after an original drawing by Captain Robert Smith, Superintending Engineer, Prince of Wales’ Island, 1814-18 (see entries under Robert Smith).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003263822", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 2608: A great tree on Prince of Wales' Island (Penang)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263822
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263822
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Chinese school
- Start Date:
- 1824
- End Date:
- 1826
- Date Range:
- c 1825
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, Company drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1972), 222
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- topographical views
- Places:
- Pinang, Malaysia