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WD2911
- Record Id:
- 032-003268117
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268117
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0011d6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2911
- Title:
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'The Quarter Deck of the Thames Indiaman of 1500 Tons - aft the Mainmast Sepr. 17th 1805'. Artist(s): Bellasis, George Hutchins (1778-1822)
- Scope & Content:
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‘The Quarter Deck of the Thames Indiaman of 1500 Tons - aft the Mainmast Sepr. 17th 1805’.
Pen and ink and water-colour; 23 by 34 cm.
Purchased 1969.
Note: The drawing shows British and Chinese seamen and a group of passengers. The ship’s log for the ‘Thames’, November 1803 to November 1805, Captain John Skottowe, records ‘Geo. H. Bellassis [sic] Esq. embarked at St. Helena’, 4 April 1805. The boat anchored at Greenhithe 15 September 1805 and Bellasis went on shore the following day, ‘Landed the above September 16th 1805, Long Reach’. It appears the drawing was finished after landing.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268117
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268117
- 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:
- 1805
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 56
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bellasis, George Hutchins, soldier, 1778-1822
- Subjects:
- Ships
Transport