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WD3718-3730

Record Id:

032-003280811

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003280811

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD3718-3730

Title:

CARPENTER, PERCY (1820-1895) Son of William Hookham Carpenter, Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, and Margaret Sarah, ‘née’ Geddes, portra ...

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CARPENTER, PERCY (1820-1895)

Son of William Hookham Carpenter, Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, and Margaret Sarah, ‘née’ Geddes, portrait painter. Brother of William Carpenter, q.v. Entered Royal Academy Painting schools 1838. Exhibited RA 1841-58 and British Institute 1842-51. Arrived in Singapore from Glasgow via Batavia, December 1855, but must have made an earlier visit as a signed portrait inscribed ‘Singapore August 1853’ was sold at Christies, June 1988. Painted a view in oils of the country from Mount Wallich which was exhibited at the RA in 1858 and offered as a prize in a raffle before being lithographed by Vincent Brooks. The original was returned to Singapore in 1953 by the Camberwell Art Gallery in whose possession it had been since 1899. In Kandy, Ceylon 1858 and in Calcutta 1859-60. Commissioned by the Bengal Tent Club to make drawings of a pigsticking meet in March 1860, eight of which were lithographed by E. Walker, published Day and Son, 1861 as ‘Hog Hunting in Lower Bengal’ with an introduction by Carpenter. Died London, occupation being given as sub-librarian at the Foreign Office.

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WD3718-3730

Thirteen drawings illustrating the hunting of elephant, probably in Bengal, between February and August 1859.

Purchased 1978.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

13 items

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Start Date:

1859

End Date:

1859

Date Range:

1859-1859

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Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

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Names:

Carpenter, Percy, 1820-1895