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WD2056
- Record Id:
- 032-003268048
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268048
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x001191
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2056
- Title:
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East India House, Leadenhall Street, London. Artist(s): Wale, Samuel (c. 1720-1786)
- Scope & Content:
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East India House, Leadenhall Street, London, c.1760.
Wash; 3 by 6 ins.
Purchased 4 February 1963.
Note: Original drawing for engraving after Wale by B. Green in R. Dodsley, ‘London and its environs described’ (London, 1761) ii, 263 and by T. Simpson for J. Entick, ‘A new and accurate history and survey of London’ (London, 1766). In these engravings the picture is reversed, thus confirming that this drawing was made for the engraver. The East India House depicted here was built between 1726 and 1729 and rebuilt in 1796 to 1799.
Reproduced: ‘India Office Library. Report for the year ended 31 March 1963.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268048
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268048
- 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:
- 1759
- End Date:
- 1761
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: wash
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 640
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- East India Company, 1600-1858
Wale, Samuel, c 1720-1786 - Subjects:
- East India Company
Occupations
trade and commerce - Places:
- London, United Kingdom
Westminster, England