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Add Or 2
- Record Id:
- 040-003271086
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003271084
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0005da
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142775792.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 2
- Title:
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Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
- Scope & Content:
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A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi.
Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum, Delhi. See also Add.Or.3079. Ochterlony became a famous Delhi character for he was in and around the city from 1803 to 1825. He had a house there as well as a garden-house on the road to Azalpur and lived in Indian style. He was twice Resident at Delhi, 1803 -06 and 1818-22. The lined face and white hair would suggest that this portrait was made in his later years. The family portraits on the wall depict, on the left, a light dragoon and, on the right, a light cavalry, man. The Scottish uniform would further support this identification.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003271084
040-003271086 - Is part of:
- Add Or 1-2 : Add.Or.1-2 Two drawings depicting Delhi celebrities. By a Delhi artist, c.1820. Gouache; 8.5 by 12.5 ins. Purchased 13 April 1954. ...
Add Or 2 : Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003271084[0002]/040-003271086
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 1-2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142775792.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Delhi style
- Start Date:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1821
- Date Range:
- c 1820
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Exhibitions:
- Trading Places: The East India Company and Asia, British Library, 24 May 2002 - 15 September 2002
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)