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NHD58
- Record Id:
- 032-003264854
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264854
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000517
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD58
- Title:
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Arabian Coffee
- Scope & Content:
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Single drawing from the collection of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859). Elphinstone served with the East India Company from 1795 to 1827, ending his career as Governor of Bombay 1819 to 1827. He was a great scholar and keenly interested in the flora of India. The present drawing was part of a large set of Indian plants with 1827 water-marks. This would suggest that the drawings were made in India after Elphinstone had retired and they were perhaps sent to him in England by a friend.
Arabian Coffee
Family Rubiaceae, ‘Coffea Arabica’ L.
Original inscriptions:
Further inscriptions:
Artist:
Medium: Gouache
Size: 309mm by 385mm
Note: Perhaps by a Calcutta artist, c.1827, with an 1827 water-mark. It was purchased November 1964.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Elphinstone Collection
Natural History Drawings - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003264854", "parent" : "#", "text" : "NHD58: Arabian Coffee" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264854
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264854
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style - Start Date:
- 1826
- End Date:
- 1828
- Date Range:
- c 1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: gouache
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants