Two Arab Servants of the Late Sir Alexander Burnes who accompanied him to Simla
Title
Two Arab Servants of the Late Sir Alexander Burnes who accompanied him to Simla
Accession Number
R320-C924
Museum Name
Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Gallery Name
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Object Type
Painting
Medium
Lithograph
Main Artist
Emily Eden (1797-1869)
Artist's Nationality
English
Artist's Life Date / Bio Data
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(1797 - 1869) Emily Eden was an English poet, artist and novelist who gave humorous pictures of English life in the early 19th century. In her youth, she and her sister Fanny travelled to India, where her brother George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland was in residence there as Governor-General from 1835 to 1842.
She wrote accounts of her time in India.
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Provenance
Messrs Cambray & Co, 3-9-1910
Origin Place
Westminster, U.K.
Period / Year of Work
1843 CE
Brief Description
From Portraits of the Princes & people of India.
Two Arab Servants of the Late Sir Alexander Burnes who accompanied him to Simla
