A Passenger
Drawing
1853 (drawn)
1853 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker |
A leaf from a scrap-book compiled by C. T. C. Grant, mounted with a humorous drawing by Dr Moore.
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Object details
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| Title | A Passenger (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | "A Passenger", 1853, sketched by Dr Moore on a leaf from a scrapbook. |
| Physical description | A leaf from a scrap-book compiled by C. T. C. Grant, mounted with a humorous drawing by Dr Moore. . |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed, dated and signed with title and sketched by Dr. Moore a'board the "Bengal". Ap.1853. C.T.C.G. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | According to Rodney Searight: - 'Bt. fr. Alister Mathews, Poole. £3. 3[shillings, i.e. in toto 3 guineas]. March 1963'. [With SD.191] |
| Historical context | Dr Moore has not yet been identified. In 1853 C. T. C Grant (1831-1891), the compiler of the scrapbook, was on his way to Sarawak, where he was for a time employed by the Raja: see letters in Searight Archive. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.192 |
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| Record created | November 10, 2008 |
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