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William Simpson, 1823–1899, British, Allahabad, from the Right Bank of the Jumna, 1865
- Title:
Allahabad, from the Right Bank of the Jumna
- Additional Title(s):
The Fort of Allahabad and the Junction of the Jumna with the Ganges
- Date:
- 1865
- Medium:
- Watercolor with gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches (37.1 x 51.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Allahabad. from the right bank of the Jumna"; in graphite, on back, center: "163"
Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: "Wm. Simpson | 1865."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.258
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | cityscape | figures | fort | fountain | genre subject | landscape | military art | river | riverbanks | ships | sunset | walls
- Associated Places:
- Allahabad | Ganges | India | Punjab | Yamuna
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12223
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From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986-10-02 - 1987-01-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (The Morgan Library & Museum, 1986-05-01 - 1986-07-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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