Wales, James, 1746 or 1747-1795, Scenery near Sion Fort, on Bombay, 1784?
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Creator:
- Wales, James, 1746 or 1747-1795
- Title(s):
- Scenery near Sion Fort, on Bombay
- Date:
- 1784?
- 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 13, page 207
- 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 looks down a walkway, at the end of which is an oxcart and an Indian man in uniform, smoking. Next to him is a woman with two children. She stands in front of a house and next to a partially decayed wall. In the distance are a series of hills and fields.
- Additional Notes:
- The image is folded and attached to the page.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 39 x 66 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 drawingsForbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
- Associated Places:
- EnglandItalyScotlandWales
- Associated People/Groups:
- East India CompanyForbes, James, 1749-1819
- Finding Aid Title:
- James Forbes archive
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3200113
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3200113?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1