Hurcarra (messanger) exchanging a letter, on a street in Calcutta

Details

Attributed to Green (fl.1770-1805)
Hurcarra (messanger) exchanging a letter, on a street in Calcutta
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, watermark Fleur de lys
13¼ x 12½ in. (33.6 x 31.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Hartnoll & Eyre, London, 1970.

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Lot Essay

There are ten drawings by this relatively unknown artist in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen, one of which is indistinctly inscribed 'Green del', (see A.E. Haswell and N.P. Dawnay, Military Drawings and Paintings in the Royal Collection, Oxford, 1970, vol I, pls. 188-9).

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