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A hawk attacking a night-jar

Painting
ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This watercolour is a copy of a lithograph by Christopher Webb Smith (1793-1835), which is in Sir Charles D'Oyle's "Scrapbook" in the India Office Library (X 294, p. 88)


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA hawk attacking a night-jar (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting; watercolour, A hawk attacking a night-jar, Patna, ca. 1850
Physical description
This watercolour is a copy of a lithograph by Christopher Webb Smith (1793-1835), which is in Sir Charles D'Oyle's "Scrapbook" in the India Office Library (X 294, p. 88)
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
  • Width: 20cm
Style
Credit line
P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 90 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IS.91-1949

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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