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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 the Durbar, with the Tank, and the surrounding Scenery, in the City of Dhuboy. 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 8, page 19
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 a body of water, with structures along the far edge and to the right, in the foreground. A single boat sails on the water, and a smallisland is located to the right of the image.
Additional Notes:
The image is pasted into the volume.
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 16 x 29 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/3199743
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199743?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1