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WD3874-4222

Record Id:

032-003280825

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003280825

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002be4

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD3874-4222

Title:

CARPENTER, WILLIAM (1818-1899) Born London, professional artist, son of Margaret Sarah, ‘née’ Geddes, portrait painter, and William Hookham Carpenter, ...

Scope & Content:

CARPENTER, WILLIAM (1818-1899)

Born London, professional artist, son of Margaret Sarah, ‘née’ Geddes, portrait painter, and William Hookham Carpenter, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. Entered Royal Academy Painting School, December 1836 and exhibited at the RA 1840-66. Visited India via Ceylon from 1850-6, travelled to the Punjab, Kashmir and North-West Frontier Province; with Punjab Irregular Force 1855. Exhibition of his Indian subjects held at South Kensington 1881. The Victoria and Albert Museum has 275 of his drawings, both landscapes and figures studies. Died Forest Hill, London.

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WD3874-3892

Nineteen drawings of Western India including views, portraits, figure studies and historical events.

Purchased 1983.

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WD4221-4222; IO Album 53,5047

Three miscellaneous drawings.

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WD4221-4222

Two drawings from an album of Indian views 1850-7.

Purchased 1989.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

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Extent:

22 items

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Start Date:

1850

End Date:

1856

Date Range:

1850-1856

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Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

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Names:

Carpenter, William, 1818-1899