George Chinnery
1774-1852
Two Thatched Indian Huts with Goats, Chickens, and a Cow in the Foreground. Verso: Running Horse and Rider with a Lance
1821
7 1/16 x 8 15/16 inches (180 x 227 mm)
Pen and gall-nut ink, on paper; verso: charcoal.
1960.7
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
Watermark: 1815.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen at upper right by the artist in Gurney shorthand and dated 1821; in pencil, very faint, at center of design, "SCENERY IN BENGAL".
Associated names
Coats, J., former owner.
Bibliography
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 138.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Tenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1960, p. 65-66.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Tenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1960, p. 65-66.
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Century Drawings
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