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William Simpson, 1823–1899, British, Sketchbook from Calcutta to Peshawar, 1859
- Title:
- Sketchbook from Calcutta to Peshawar
- Date:
- 1859
- Materials & Techniques:
- Sketchbook with fifty-six graphite drawings, some in watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Spine: 4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm), Sheet: 3 15/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10 × 14.9 cm), Overall: 4 1/4 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 inches (10.8 × 15.5 × 0.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed label on front cover in pen and black ink: "India. Calcutta to Pershawar. | and back to Umritser | 1859. 60. | Thick."; inscribed inside front cover in graphite: "Birds of a feather flock together | Hum jins ba hum jins pwiwaz | We people with people together. | Kubootre ba Kubootre baz ba baz (Hafis) | Pigeons with pigeons Hawks with Hawks. | Kindred souls together walk | Done with done and Hawk with hawk | Man likes to chum with what he loves | As hawks with hawks and doves with doves"
Signed and dated in graphite, inside cover: "William Simpson | 23 Decr. 1859"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2014.21.2
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | architectural subject | camels (mammals) | carriage | cityscape | cows | elephants (animals) | figure study | genre subject | goats | headdresses | horses (animals) | houses | landscape | monkeys (animals) | musical instruments | plows (agricultural equipment) | tents | tobacco boxes
- Associated Places:
- Amritsar | Delhi | India | Lahore | Pakistan | Taxali Gate
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:70162
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