Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 3 1/4 inches (12.7 × 8.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "No. 26"; inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink, lower center: "A Sepoy Punishment"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22284
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
soldiers | whipping | military art | whips (animal equipment) | drums (membranophones) | punishment
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. 2.13, 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. 32, no. 99, V2359 (YCBA)