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One of four natural-history drawings.

Painting.
ca.1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A grey mullet. (Mugil cephalus).


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleOne of four natural-history drawings. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting; watercolour, A grey mullet, Malacca, ca.1800
Physical description
A grey mullet. (Mugil cephalus).
Dimensions
  • Length: 37.5cm
  • Width: 54.5cm
Style
Object history
Mildred Archer notes that the drawings were "almost certainly" collected by Edward Clive, First Earl of Powis (1754-1839), while he was Governor of Madras from 1798 to 1803 and were probably made by Chinese painters working for the British in Malacca. They were bought from Sotheby's, London, in January 1956 from the collection of the Earl of Powis, and were part of an album of 19 pictures, 4 of which were purchased by the V&A (IS.1-4-1956), and 15 by what was then the India Office Library (see Mildred Archer, Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library, p. 77).
Bibliographic references
  • Mildred Archer, Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library, p. 77.
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 188 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IS.1-1956

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Record createdJanuary 24, 2008
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