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Foster 246
- Record Id:
- 032-003264638
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264638
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00043f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 246
- Title:
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Sir Robert Montgomery (1809-87) c.1891 from the original by Sir Francis Grant of c.1866. Bengal Civil Service. Lt.Gov. of the Punjab 1859-65. A three-quarter length portrait. Artist(s): Rendall, Arthur D. (fl. 1889-1904), after Grant, Sir Francis (1803-1878)
- Scope & Content:
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Sir Robert Montgomery (1809-87) c.1891, from the original of c.1866.
A three-quarter length portrait, the subject standing and facing left. He is plainly dressed in a dark frock-coat; a red cordon supporting the badge of the Bath, the star of the same order upon his breast. On the table to the left lies an address from the principal residents in Lahore, presented to Montgomery upon his retirement; the carved ivory case in which the address was enclosed is seen in his left hand. In the background is the mosque of Dai Anga, the nurse of Shah Jahan, by whom it was erected at Lahore in 1635.
56 by 44 ins (142.5 by 112 cms)
Presented by the Committee of the Sir Robert Montgomery Testimonial Fund, 1892.
The original portrait was given to Lady Montgomery by friends in the Punjab after her return to England in 1865. Another copy by Dixon was formerly in the Montgomery Hall, Lahore.
Montgomery entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1828 and served in the North West Provinces, mainly in the Punjab. In 1858 he became Chief Commissioner of Oudh, and in 1859-65 Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab. He was a Member of Council from 1868 until his death in 1887. K.C.B., 1859; G.C.S.I., 1866.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264638
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264638
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1892
- Date Range:
- c 1891
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 27
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Montgomery, Robert, 1809-1887
- Subjects:
- Portraits