Bombay Green
Oil Painting
1807 (painted)
1807 (painted)
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This Indian scene painted in oil on cardboard is inscribed "Bombay Green drawn by R. Melville Grindlay 1807. Mundlay from the Bunder" and was given to the Indian Museum in London by the artist, through a man recorded only as "J. Mathews" in 1875. It was transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879. The view of Bombay Green is seen from the "bunder", the landing place on one of the man-made barriers protecting what was originally the island of Bombay. At the time the painting was done, the city now known as Mumbai was evolving from a group of islands into the peninsula that it is today. "Bombay Green", now Horniman Circle, was in the area of the Fort and was surrounded by buildings erected by the English East India Company as part of the administrative framework of the Bombay Presidency.
Object details
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| Title | Bombay Green (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on cardboard |
| Brief description | Oil painting, "Bombay Green", by Captain R. Melville Grindlay, oil on cardboard, Mumbai, 1807 |
| Physical description | This early view across Bombay Green, now Horniman Circle, includes St Thomas’ Church and Offices of the Company’s Secretaries on the right, with the Theatre on the extreme right. Cotton bales are being weighed on the Green. Grindlay painted this general view from near the East India Company’s warehouses. The title of the painting perhaps refers to a weekly trading event on the Green. The Bunder (landing ground) formed part of the Company’s main Factory building overlooking the harbour. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Bombay Green drawn by R. Melville Grindlay 1807. Mundlay from the Bunder. |
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| Credit line | Given by Captain R. Melville Grindlay |
| Object history | Given to the Indian Museum in 1875 by Capt. Grindlay through J. Mathews and transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879. |
| Summary | This Indian scene painted in oil on cardboard is inscribed "Bombay Green drawn by R. Melville Grindlay 1807. Mundlay from the Bunder" and was given to the Indian Museum in London by the artist, through a man recorded only as "J. Mathews" in 1875. It was transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879. The view of Bombay Green is seen from the "bunder", the landing place on one of the man-made barriers protecting what was originally the island of Bombay. At the time the painting was done, the city now known as Mumbai was evolving from a group of islands into the peninsula that it is today. "Bombay Green", now Horniman Circle, was in the area of the Fort and was surrounded by buildings erected by the English East India Company as part of the administrative framework of the Bombay Presidency. |
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| Accession number | 4642 (IS) |
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| Record created | July 3, 2007 |
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