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WD333, WD1713, WD2419-2423, WD3766, WD4217, WD4509, WD4526

Record Id:
032-003282416
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003282416
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
WD333, WD1713, WD2419-2423, WD3766, WD4217, WD4509, WD4526
Title:

LONGCROFT, THOMAS (fl. 1780-1811) Longcroft's date and place of birth are unknown, but he appears to have been an artist who knew Zoffany in England. ...

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LONGCROFT, THOMAS (fl. 1780-1811)

Longcroft's date and place of birth are unknown, but he appears to have been an artist who knew Zoffany in England. He decided to go to India with Zoffany in 1783 but they did not make the voyage together. Both visited Lucknow in 1784 but some time later separated. Longcroft purchased an estate at Koil near Aligarh (U.P.) in 1787 and became an indigo planter. He continued to sketch but appears to have given up any idea of earning a living from painting. The drawings indicate his travels throughout northern India in the 1780s and 1790s, including visits to Delhi (1786), Rohilkhand and Haridwar (1792), Lahore (1795) and Lucknow (1798). His relative, Thomas Twining, stayed a night with him in December 1794 and gives a vivid description of his eccentric character. Longcroft lived with an Indian consort, Mubarak Jahan, and died at Koil in 1811. Nearly seven hundred of his drawings were auctioned after his death and many others passed to his relatives, the Twinings.

Bibliography: R. Twining (ed.), ‘Selections from papers of the Twining family’ (London, 1887), 223-37; W.H.G. Twining (ed.), ‘Travels in India a hundred years ago’ (London, 1893), 284-95; W. Foster, 'British artists in India', ‘The Walpole Society’, xix, 1930-31, 58-9.

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WD333; WD1713; WD2419-2423; WD3766; WD4217; WD4509; WD4526

12 drawings by or associated with Longcroft from various sources.

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WD2419-2423

6 drawings. Presented by Miss Louisa Twining, 1903.

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WD2423

(a) A plant. c.1790.

Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Gale Abbauss (?) Shrub’; in another hand, probably Miss Twining's: ‘by Thomas Longcroft in Behar about 1790’.

Pencil, and pen-and-ink; 11 by 9 ins.

(b) A climbing plant. c.1790.

Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘?, a climbing Vegetable’.

Pencil, and pen-and-ink; 8.25 by 11.75 ins..

Foster Catalogue, no.438.

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WD3766; WD4217; WD4509; WD4526

Four drawings from a group of eleven in an album compiled by Ezekiel Barton, see WD3765 and 4102. Longcroft presented some of his drawings to Nawab Sa‘adat ‘Ali of Oudh (ruled 1798-1814) who in turn gave them to Barton, eight drawings being inscribed as such in Barton’s hand.

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Project / Collection:
Twining Collection
Hierarchy Tree:
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032-003282416
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Contains:
WD333 : An Indian gentleman walking through a grove of trees. A number of pictures attributed to Thomas Longcroft, but different in style from…
WD2419 : The Jami Masjid, Delhi. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
WD1713 : [The Chattar Manzil, Lucknow]. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
WD2420 : View of Hardwar. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
WD2421 : The Nawab's Palace, Lucknow (U.P.). Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
WD2422 : The Nawab's Palace, Lucknow (U.P.). River scene with palace on further bank; elephant and group of figures on river bank in…
WD3766 : 'View of a part of the King’s Fort and residence with the Jemma Musjeed at Delhi. The material, a reddish stone'. Artist(s):…
WD4217 : Nawab Shuja al-Daula's palace at Lucknow. Wrongly inscribed: 'Ancient Palace of Emperors of Hindoostan at Lahore'.. Artist(s):…
WD4509 : 'Saul Trees in the north of Rohilcund 1792.'. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
WD4526 : Jahangir's tomb at Shahdara. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)

 

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Extent:
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Start Date:
1785
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1785-1799
Era:
CE
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Names:
Longcroft, Thomas, c 1760-1811