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Foster 1066

Record Id:

032-003264803

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003264803

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Foster 1066

Title:

The Durga Puja being celebrated on the River Hugli, Calcutta, 1875. Artist(s): Palmer, George Gidley (1830-1905)

Scope & Content:

Painting of a night scene, showing Durga Puja festivities on the River Hughli, Calcutta. Painted in 1882, based on a drawing taken in 1875.

Signed and dated on lower right corner: 'G.G. Palmer, 1882'

Handwritten on verso in pencil: 'Scene on the Hooghly during the Durgha Poojah from a sketch taken in 1875 by George Palmer, Calcutta.'

Oil on canvas, 993 x 1364 x 29 mm

Frame dimensions: 1160 x 1540 x 70 mm

George Gidley Palmer was born in Topsham, Devon in 1830, son of Bartholomew Gidley Palmer and Charlotte Hayman. In 1851, while employed as an apprentice engraver in Exeter, he married Catherine Mary Redman. He became a printer and stationer, but was bankrupt by 1863. In 1871/1872 he went to India, leaving behind his wife and seven children.

On 5 November 1872 he began working in the Surveyor General's Office at Calcutta as an engraver who specialised in 'hill etching'. (IOR/V/24/4307, 1871-2, p.9 and 1876-7, p.12.) In 1888 he became the Head Engraver in the Surveyor General's Office. In 1891 he left Calcutta and returned to his family in Exeter, where he died in 1905.

Published: 'Oil Paintings in Public Ownership, the Victoria and Albert Museum,' the Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008, p. 18.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

India Office Oil Paintings

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

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Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1882

End Date:

1882

Date Range:

1882

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: oil paint; canvas

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Palmer, George Gidley, 1830-1905

Subjects:

Festivals
Hindu divinities
Rites and Ceremonies
festivals (Hindu)

Places:

Calcutta, West Bengal, India