A Ruined Masjid; A Scene at a bathing Ghat; A Figure praying at a Hindu Shrine; A Chowkidar on Duty; Brahmini Bulls by a Cart, outside a village; Dhobis and Bhistis; and A ruined Mosque
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William Prinsep (1794-1874)
A Ruined Masjid; A Scene at a bathing Ghat; A Figure praying at a Hindu Shrine; A Chowkidar on Duty; Brahmini Bulls by a Cart, outside a village; Dhobis and Bhistis; and A ruined Mosque
signed with initials and inscribed respectively 'ruined Musjid (sic) WP' (lower centre edge); signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'A Ghat after Chinnery W P Nov 1822' (lower right); inscribed 'a Hindu Muth' (lower centre edge); signed with initials and inscribed 'rude sketch WP.' (lower left), and further inscribed 'Chowkeydar on duty' (lower centre edge); inscribed 'an ugly sketch of whatever' (lower centre edge), and signed and dated 'W P March 1822' (lower right); signed with initials and dated 'W P Jan 1822' (lower centre) and inscribed 'Bheestees' and 'Dhobes' (lower left and right); signed and dated WP 1822' (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown and black ink, unframed
the pages 7 x 9 7/8in. (17.8 x 25.1cm.), overall (7)
A Ruined Masjid; A Scene at a bathing Ghat; A Figure praying at a Hindu Shrine; A Chowkidar on Duty; Brahmini Bulls by a Cart, outside a village; Dhobis and Bhistis; and A ruined Mosque
signed with initials and inscribed respectively 'ruined Musjid (sic) WP' (lower centre edge); signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'A Ghat after Chinnery W P Nov 1822' (lower right); inscribed 'a Hindu Muth' (lower centre edge); signed with initials and inscribed 'rude sketch WP.' (lower left), and further inscribed 'Chowkeydar on duty' (lower centre edge); inscribed 'an ugly sketch of whatever' (lower centre edge), and signed and dated 'W P March 1822' (lower right); signed with initials and dated 'W P Jan 1822' (lower centre) and inscribed 'Bheestees' and 'Dhobes' (lower left and right); signed and dated WP 1822' (lower left)
pencil, pen and brown and black ink, unframed
the pages 7 x 9 7/8in. (17.8 x 25.1cm.), overall (7)