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WD4296
- Record Id:
- 040-003280497
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280476
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002a9c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4296
- Title:
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General Avitabile seated at a table reading, with a woman on his knee, possibly his favourite, Begum Peri. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
- Scope & Content:
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General Avitabile seated at a table reading, with a woman on his knee, possibly his favourite, Begum Peri.
Inscribed: ‘Le Chevalier General Avitabile Peshawur reading dispatches from Lahore regarding the revolution. Jany. 20th 1841’.
Pen and ink and water-colour; 13.2 by 13.5 cm.
Purchased 1993.
Note: For description of this drawing see J.J. Cotton, ‘General Avitabile’, Calcutta, 1906, p.70.
Paolo Crescenzo Martino Avitabile (1791-1850), professional soldier, travelled to Turkey, then to Persia in the service of Fath ‘Ali Shah. After briefly returning to Naples he joined General Ventura and other Europeans in the service of Ranjit Singh, arriving in 1826. He was appointed Military Commandant of Wazirabad and Governor of Peshawar from 1834 to 1843, where he restored order with great severity. Avitabile left India in 1844, visited France and was received by Louis Philippe, and London, where he met the Duke of Wellington and was presented with a sword of honour by Directors of the East India Company, in recognition of his cooperation during the Afghan campaign. He died at Agerola, near Naples, his birthplace, possibly poisoned by a servant.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280476
040-003280497 - Is part of:
- WD2391-WD4296, F145, F165 : ATKINSON, JAMES (1780-1852) Atkinson entered the Bengal Medical Service in 1805 and was a Civil Surgeon until 1813.…
WD4296 : General Avitabile seated at a table reading, with a woman on his knee, possibly his favourite, Begum Peri. Artist(s): Atkinson,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280476[0021]/040-003280497
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD2391-WD4296, F145, F165
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- 1841
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Atkinson, James, orientalist, 1780-1852
Avitabile, Paolo Crescenzo Martino, soldier and mercenary, 1791-1850 - Subjects:
- Portraits
- Places:
- Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan