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WD4408
- Record Id:
- 032-003268335
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268335
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0012b0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4408
- Title:
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A landau drawn by two camels with a man and woman leaning back in the seat. Two grooms are mounted on the camels, a manservant and a maid sit at the front and two bearers with fly whisks stand behind. Artist(s): Gordon, Sir Thomas Edward (1832-1914)
- Scope & Content:
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A landau drawn by two camels with a man and woman leaning back in the seat. Two grooms are mounted on the camels, a manservant and a maid sit at the front and two bearers with fly whisks stand behind.
Inscribed:’ Ready to start. Thos. E. Gordon. Wuzeerabad. August 1855.’
Water-colour and pen and ink on buff paper; 36 by 52.5 cm
Purchased 1995.
Note: Gordon mentions going quail-shooting in Wazirabad in 1855 and getting a ‘touch of the sun,’ see ‘A Varied Life’, p.20.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268335
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268335
- 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:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; pen-and-ink; paper, buff
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gordon, Thomas Edward, 1832-1914
- Subjects:
- Animals
Camels
Occupations
Servants
Transport
grooms
mammals