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Exterior of the traveller's rest house, formerly the East India Company's Factory, Tatta

Painting
12/1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Outside view of the traveller's rest house, with a tree in the foreground, a man sitting on a mound, and other buildings in the distance.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleExterior of the traveller's rest house, formerly the East India Company's Factory, Tatta (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paper, pencil and watercolour heightened with white
Brief description
Painting of the traveller's rest house, formerly the East India Company's Factory, Tatta, by Henry Francis Ainslie, December 1851
Physical description
Outside view of the traveller's rest house, with a tree in the foreground, a man sitting on a mound, and other buildings in the distance.
Dimensions
  • Width: 35.5cm
  • Height: 25.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Sindh, Travellers rest house at Tatta, a solidly constructed house of burnt brick 50 years ago it was the British factory occupied by Mr Crow, the EI Comy Agent in Sindh with the Ameers December 1851. (front)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.22-1963

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Record createdJuly 11, 2003
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