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Captain George Dalhousie Jolliffe Raitt, 1837/ Thomas Wingate
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Title:
Reverend Morgan Davies, Belgaum, 30 April 1838/ Thomas Wingate
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Date:
1838
Format:
1 watercolour on paper: col ; 12 x 10 cm.
Inscription:
Identified in pencil on lower edge of image: The Revd. Morgan Davis. Dated in pencil on image lower right: 30th April 1838.
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Description:
This small watercolour sketch is pasted in on page 49 of a leather-bound folio album containing 62 sketches and watercolours and 33 early photographs, many signed by or attributable to Thomas Wingate (1807-69), former British army officer and second husband of Eleanor Terry nee Rouse (1813-1898).
The Reverend Morgan Davies, the subject of the sketch, was a chaplain in the service of the East India Company from 1823 until 1839. He was based at Belgaum near Bombay from 1829 until his retirement and was the chaplain during the time that Thomas Wingate was stationed at Belgaum with the 2nd, or Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot. [MM, June 2017]
Provenance:
The Miriam & Ian Hamilton Collection
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; CSL&RC PIC 2015/3: Wingate album
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
52270