Painting
ca. 1823 (made)
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Champa tree with sweet scented flowers. The flowers of the Champa, or Plumeria rubra (also known as Frangipani), come in clusters with soft velvety petals in a large variety of colour combinations. It is also known as the Pagoda tree or the Temple tree and is well-known throughout India.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting by a British Artist; Sir Charles Chambers (1789-1828), Champa tree, Bombay, 1823. |
| Physical description | Champa tree with sweet scented flowers. The flowers of the Champa, or Plumeria rubra (also known as Frangipani), come in clusters with soft velvety petals in a large variety of colour combinations. It is also known as the Pagoda tree or the Temple tree and is well-known throughout India. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "Champa tree with flowers sweet scented exactly like" (English; recto; pencil) |
| Object history | This image comes from the third of three albums of paintings and drawings by Sir Charles Harcourt Chambers (1789-1828). A pencilled note on the first volume reads 'Hermitage pictures', 'Hermitage' being the name of Chambers' house in Bombay. A note in the thrid album reads: 'Paintings of Sir Charles Chambers Chief Justice of Bombay grandfather of Margaret Whidborne date about 1823'. These albums contain paintings, pen-and-ink drawings, and pencil sketches of views in India. |
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| Accession number | IS.23:33-1994 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2003 |
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