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Add Or 4661

Record Id:

032-003264090

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003264090

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 4661

Title:

Lieutenant John Gustavus Russell on horseback with sowars of the Kurnool Irregular Horse

Scope & Content:

Lieutenant John Gustavus Russell on horseback with sowars of the Kurnool Irregular Horse, in a flowery landscape with a Muslim tomb typical of Kurnool architecture on the left.

By a Kurnool artist, c.1850.

Inscribed on the wooden backplate of the original frame, incorporated here, is written in ink:.

‘“Blacklock an Arab Horse I had ten years. Never lost a 1st Spear out Hog hunting when I rode him.- I spent £50 for him as a 3 year old and refused £300 when in his prime.- Dead.’

‘Rosie a terrier my Constant Companion halting or travelling for 14 years, she is Still ‘Alive.John G Russell. 4 April [18]53. P.S. The drawing is made by a native. The horse & dog are right - but the rider not - I did not sit for it.”‘

Water-colour heightened with gold; 24 by 34 cm.

Purchased April 1992.

Note: John Gustavus Russell, was in 1838 posted as an Ensign to the 29th Madras Native Infantry. By 1846 he was in charge of a portion of the Kurnool Irregular Horse - his conduct was commended in two operations. He remained in Kurnool until 1858, from 1849 as Assistant to the Governor of Madras’s Agent at Kurnool, acting as Agent from 1856-58. He became a Captain in 1856.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003264090

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Hierarchy:

032-003264090

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

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Scripts:

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Styles:

South Indiai/Kurnool style
South Indian style

Start Date:

1849

End Date:

1851

Date Range:

c 1850

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: watercolour

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Russell, John Gustavus, fl 1838-1856

Subjects:

Foreigners
Portraits