House and Garden in the Fort of Trinchinopoly possessed by Thomas Palk Esq.
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James Brunton (c.1760-1810)
House and Garden in the Fort of Trinchinopoly possessed by Thomas Palk Esq.
signed 'James Brunton.' (lower right) and inscribed as title (on the artist's mount)
pencil and watercolour
11½ x 17½in. (29.2 x 44.4cm.)
Lot Essay
Thomas Palk was a senior Company merchant in the Madras Presidency 1769-1793. Brunton was in the Madras Army from 1766, retiring as a Lt. Colonel in 1800.