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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.256
People
Unknown Artist
Title
The Holroyd House on Park Street: from the Holroyd Album
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A. No. 5 Park Street, Chowringhi, Calcutta "Our House In Park Street....By a Native Artist"; B. Sketch of the Same House, Another Side
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Bengal, Calcutta
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216937

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
36 x 52 cm (14 3/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.202.256
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch and Mark Zebrowski, A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections, exh. cat., New York Graphic SocietyNew York Graphic Society (New York, NY, 1973), Page 123/Figure 73
  • Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), pp. 211-213, fig. 76.2

Exhibition History

  • Viewing Architecture: Paintings and Photographs of Indian Architecture, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/14/1984 - 09/17/1984
  • From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005

Verification Level

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