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WD3867

Record Id:

032-003268216

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003268216

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x001239

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD3867

Title:

View of Bombay Fort from the harbour, showing St Thomas’s church, the Custom House and flag staff, with shipping in the foreground. Artist(s): Millett, Leonard (d. 1797)

Scope & Content:

View of Bombay Fort from the harbour, showing St. Thomas’s church, the Custom House and flag staff, with shipping in the foreground, c.1797.

Inscribed on reverse:’ Drawn by Leonard Millett the Son of Richard Oke Millett. Penpol Hayle. Leonard Millett was blown up and killed in the Princess Charlotte at Bombay with many others or nearly all of the crew 17 - about 1797’.

Pen and ink and wash in ruled border; 21.6 by 68.8cm.

Purchased 1982.

Note: ‘The Royal Charlotte’ was an extra ship hired by EIC agents, along with the ‘Isabella’ and ‘Britannia’, to carry gunpowder to the Cape. The Commander of the ‘Royal Charlotte’ said his insurance policy would become invalid by lading with gunpowder and demanded Government indemnity in the event of loss. The gunpowder, piled up round the main mast, was struck by lightning at Kedgeree on 8 October 1797 and all on board, numbering more than 140 people, perished in the resulting explosion. The loss to the EIC totalled 29,437 rupees.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003268216

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003268216

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:

1796

End Date:

1798

Date Range:

c 1797

Era:

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