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WD4039

Record Id:

040-003283001

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003282999

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x003464

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD4039

Title:

A group of Malabari men, women and children sitting and standing outside a building near the sea. Artist(s): Tresham, Henry (1750-1814)

Scope & Content:

A group of men, women and children sitting and standing outside a building near the sea.

Note: Admiral Pierre Andre de Suffren (1726-88) fought four indecisive naval battles against Admiral Sir Edward Hughes during the Mysore Wars and returned to France after the Treaty of Paris in 1783, arriving at Toulon in March 1784. He had joined the Knights of Malta as a child, was appointed in absentia Captain-General of the Maltese fleet in 1780, which entitled him to the rank of Bailiff, and became Ambassador to the Knights of Malta in Paris after his return to France. He engaged a group of fifty-one men and women from the Coromandel Coast for three years to teach cotton weaving in Malta, see C. Cunat, ‘Historie du Bailli de Suffren’, Rennes, 1852, p.339.

It is known Tresham was in Sicily, and it is possible he also visited Malta.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003282999
040-003283001

Is part of:

WD4038-4039 : TRESHAM, HENRY (1750-1814) Born Dublin. Portrait painter, exhibited Dublin Society of Artists. Moved to London 1775, and then to…

WD4039 : A group of Malabari men, women and children sitting and standing outside a building near the sea. Artist(s): Tresham, Henry (1750-1814)

Hierarchy:

032-003282999[0002]/040-003283001

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: WD4038-4039

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1788

End Date:

1790

Date Range:

c 1789

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: pen-and-ink; watercolour

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Tresham, Henry, 1750-1814

Subjects:

Occupations
ethnic and religious groups