George Heriot (1759-1839)
George Heriot (1759-1839)

Plantain Trees

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George Heriot (1759-1839)
Plantain Trees
signed, inscribed and dated 'Geo: Heriot in India Occid: Fecit 79' (lower right), and further inscribed 'Plantain Trees' on the paper mount
watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper and laid on paper mount
10 3/8 x 14in. (26.5 x 35.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

For George Heriot's 'Drawings from Nature' taken in the West Indies in 1779-80, an album containing 61 watercolours of local flora and fauna, see Christie's London, 19 October 1999, lot 87 (£12,650). Heriot was in the West Indies for four years from 1777-1781, and also published A Descriptive Poem written in the West Indies (1781) before enrolling as a cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he developed his skills as a draughtsman under the drawing master Paul Sandby. He is celebrated for his work as a watercolourist in Canada between 1792 and 1816, when he worked for the Ordnance Department in Quebec and later as Deputy Postmaster General of British North America.

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