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Foster 912
- Record Id:
- 032-003264745
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264745
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0004aa
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 912
- Title:
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Parliament wall clock with marine paintings
- Scope & Content:
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Wall clock c.1730, case painted and gilded, showing an Indiaman in full sail. Formerly in the Marine Department at East India House, and then in the Reading Room in the India Office Library, King Charles St.
150 cm max height; 90 cm max. width.
Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery, ‘The Raj’, 1990, no.44.
Birdwood and Foster 1909, p.57; Foster 1924, p.53; J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.89.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Furniture
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003264745", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Foster 912: Parliament wall clock with marine paintings" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264745
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264745
- 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:
- 1729
- End Date:
- 1731
- Date Range:
- c 1730
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: painted; gilt
- Finding Aids:
- John Hardy, India Office Furniture (London: British Library, 1982), 89
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- East India Company, 1600-1858
- Subjects:
- East India Company
Furniture
Occupations
trade and commerce