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Call Number:
Folio A 2023 69
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Title(s):
A View of Nurrah, a Villa belonging to a Mogul of distinction, near Cambay. J. Forbes 1775
Date:
1775
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 7, page 145
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 an empty plain, with several cows grazing, and a large white villa, surrounded by trees. To the right of the image is a ruined tower, and a body of water. The masts of a ship are just visible.
Additional Notes:
The image is pasted into the volume.
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 16 x 27 cm
Genre:
Watercolors (paintings), Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Drawings (visual works), 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/3199712
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199712?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1