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WD2476
- Record Id:
- 032-003268094
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268094
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0011bf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2476
- Title:
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William Larkins (1755-1800). Head and shoulders; powdered hair tied in a queue, blue coat and frilled white shirt. Artist(s): Hill, Diana (d.1844)
- Scope & Content:
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William Larkins (?-1800). Head and shoulders; powdered hair tied in a queue, blue coat and frilled white shirt. 1786.
Inscribed on front: ‘Hill 1786’; on frame: ‘Mrs Diana Hill, after Mrs Harriott, 1786.’
Oval, water-colour on ivory; 3.5 by 2.75 ins.
Bequeathed by Mrs. Mayo, 1924.
Reproduced: ‘Bengal Past and Present,’ xix, July-Dec. 1919, frontispiece; W. Foster, 'British artists in India, 1760-1820', ‘The Walpole Society,’ xix, 1931, plate viii(c).
Note: William Larkins went to India as a writer in 1772; Accountant-General 1777-93. He was a close friend and admirer of Warren Hastings and upon the departure of the latter for England, took charge of his money matters in India. He died at Blackheath 24 April 1800 and bequeathed portraits of Warren Hastings (F1) and Marquis Cornwallis (F6) to the East India Company. Mrs. Mayo was the great-grand-daughter of William Larkins and wife of J.H. Mayo, Assistant Military Secretary, India Office, 1882-95.
Foster Catalogue, no.2a.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268094
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268094
- 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:
- 1786
- End Date:
- 1786
- Date Range:
- 1786
- Era:
- CE
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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, 612
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hill, Diana, d 1844
Larkins, William, d 1800 - Subjects:
- Portraits
Women
women artists