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WD349
- Record Id:
- 040-003281998
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281992
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x003079
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143420026.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD349
- Title:
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Encampment at Ghertope (Tibet); snows in the background, two tents, goats and two yaks in the middle distance. Three musicians seated in the foreground, one playing an hautboy, one on tablas, and the third singing and clapping his hands. 21 July 1812.
- Scope & Content:
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Encampment at Ghertope (Tibet); snows in the background, two tents, goats and two yaks in the middle distance. Three musicians seated in the foreground, one playing an hautboy, one on ‘tablas’, and the third singing and clapping his hands. 21 July 1812.
Water-colour; 14 by 20.5 ins.
Note: For an account of this incident, see ‘Asiatick Researches’, xii, 1816, 446.
Reproduced: F. Watson, ‘The Geographical Magazine’, August 1959, 208.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281992
040-003281998 - Is part of:
- WD344-347 : HEARSEY, HYDER YOUNG (1782-1840) Natural son of Capt. Andrew Wilson Hearsey (1752-98) by a Jat ladyand half-brother of Sir John…
WD349 : Encampment at Ghertope (Tibet); snows in the background, two tents, goats and two yaks in the middle distance. Three musicians seated in… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003281992[0006]/040-003281998
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD344-347
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143420026.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1812
- End Date:
- 1812
- Date Range:
- 1812
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hearsey, Hyder Young, 1782-1840
- Subjects:
- Animals
Goats
camp scenes
mammals - Places:
- Ghertope, Tibet, China