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WD1393
- Record Id:
- 032-003268029
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268029
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00117e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1393
- Title:
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Miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
- Scope & Content:
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Miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune. 1851.
Engraved on gold frame: ‘In Memoriam. 12th Aug. 1851.’
Oval, water-colour on ivory; 4.5 by 3.75 ins.
Presented by Miss K. Kay-Mouat, 28 July 1959.
Note: Bethune (1801-51) became Legislative Member of the Supreme Council of India in 1848. During his period of office he established the Bethune Girls' School, Calcutta, for Indian girls, and was President of the Council of Education in Calcutta, of which Dr. F.J. Mouat, the donor's step-father, was Secretary. Dr. Mouat (1816-95) served in the Indian Medical Service from 1840 to 1870, was Inspector-General of Prisons, Bengal, from 1855 to 1857 and was founder of the Bethune Society in Calcutta. The ivory miniature was formerly mounted in the lid of a carved oak casket (WD1393/1) made from a tree felled on Bethune's estate in 1851, the year of his death. The casket was presumably presented to Dr. Mouat by Bethune's family. A stipple engraving (P2375) made from the portrait was included in the gift.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268029
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268029
- 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:
- 1851
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- 1851
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; ivory
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 567-568
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bethune, John Elliot Drinkwater, born Drinkwater; administrator in India and educationalist, 1801-1851
- Subjects:
- Portraits