Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (6.4 × 7.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "For Arrack inspires us and Fires us with | Courage Love and Joy &cc"; in brown ink, upper left: "No. 35"; in graphite, lower left: "Punch Tent in Camp; inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Sepoy Indian Guard-Room"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22280
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
military art | guard | military, the | soldiers | Indian
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Publications:
John McAleer, Picturing India People, Places, and the World of the East India Company, The British Library, London, p. 48, fig. 2.12, N8214.5.I5 M43 2017 (YCBA)Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 33, no. 100, V2359 (YCBA)