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WD1017
- Record Id:
- 032-003267996
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003267996
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00115d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100137998298.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1017
- Title:
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An indigo factory in Bengal. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
- Scope & Content:
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Watercolour of an indigo factory in Bengal by William Simpson dated 1863.
Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Indigo factory. Wm Simpson, 1863.’
Purchased 10 December 1958.
This image is the original drawing for plate 38 of Simpson's, 'India, ancient and modern,' published in London in 1867. In the 19th century, Bengal was the biggest producer of indigo in the world. Indigo was treasured for its rich blue colour and because it was one of the most colourfast natural dyes. As seen in this image, the plants (Indigofera tinctoria) were soaked in large tanks or vats of water to release their blue colour, and would then float to the top to be retrieved and dried.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003267996
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003267996
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100137998298.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- 1863
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour. 25.3 x 35.5 cm
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 636
- Exhibitions:
- Trading Places: The East India Company and Asia, British Library, 24 May 2002 - 15 September 2002
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)