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A drunken drover, sketched in a railway carriage between Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1844/ Thomas Wingate
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Title:
A drunken drover, sketched in a railway carriage between Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1844/ Thomas Wingate
Creator:
Wingate, Thomas, 1807-1869.
Date:
1844
Format:
1 watercolour on paper: col ; 11 x 9.5 cm.
Inscription:
Dated in ink on image lower right: March 2 1844. Caption in pencil in Wingate's hand on album page below image: Sketched in a Railway Carriage between Edinburgh & Glasgow 1844.
Subject:
drovers
portraits
overcoats
felt hats
Series:
Wingate album
Description:
This small watercolour sketch is pasted in on page 13 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 image is dated 2 March 1844 and relates to the time when Lieutenant Wingate of the 2nd or Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot was stationed in Glasgow on the British army recruiting service. [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:
52335