J. W. Sperling (fl. c.1837)

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J. W. Sperling (fl. c.1837)

Ramanankoraisina, 3rd Ambassador; Ranera, 4th Ambassador; Raharolahy, 5th Ambassador; and Rasatranabo, 6th Ambassador

inscribed with the sitters' names, coloured chalks on brown paper, framed as ovals
11¼ x 9¼in. (29.2 x 23.5cm) (4)

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The sitters were officers from the Embassy of the Queen of Madagascar attending the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837. A label on the reverse records that a set of zincographs after the present drawings are in the British Museum

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