File:Different views of the Metcalfe House, Delhi, 1843.jpg

Summary

Artist

Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe and Mazhar Ali Khan

Author



Alternative names	Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe
Description	British colonial administrator
Date of birth/death	2 January 1795	3 November 1853
Location of birth/death	Portland Place	Metcalfe House (retreat)
Authority file	: Q127010 VIAF: 52983485 ISNI: 0000000063401283 ULAN: 500356885 LCCN: n80044349 NLA: 36235918 WorldCat

Description

English: Different views of the Metcalfe House, Delhi, 1843.

From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accompanying manuscript text written by Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe (1795-1853), the Governor-General’s Agent at the imperial court. Details at Britsh Library page

Provenance: Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe; Emily Metcalfe; Lady Clive Bayley, 1850; by descent until 1985; Christie's, 1985; private collection; Christie's 2002.

Date

1843

Medium

watercolor gouache, ink on paper

Source/Photographer

http://ogimages.bl.uk/images/019/019ADDOR0005475U00084VRB%5BSVC2%5D.jpg

https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/art-weve-helped-buy/artwork/8734/reminiscences-of-imperial-delhi

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