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Call Number:
Folio A 2023 69
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Title(s):
The Dress of the common Dutch Inhabitants at Cochin. The man is represented with a Cochin, or swelled Leg, as mentioned in the preceding Letter. J. Forbes 1772
Date:
1772
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America
Part of Collection:
volume 5, page 171
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Scope and Content:
The image shows two individuals: a woman sits near a tree, holding a basket of fish; and a man stands nearby, holding a net and a cane. The man has a swollen leg.
Additional Notes:
The image is pasted into the volume.
Physical Description:
1 drawing : graphite ; 25 x 21 cm
Genre:
Drawings (visual works), Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Watercolors (paintings), Engravings (prints), and Portraits
Subject Terms:
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawings
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
Associated Places:
England
Italy
Scotland
Wales
Associated People/Groups:
East India Company
Forbes, James, 1749-1819
Finding Aid Title:
James Forbes archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11734.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199589
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199589?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1