Picture Details
Tamarind tree and date palms near Bombay
Partner:
Victoria and Albert MuseumImage reference:
IS.75-1881Origin:
Mumbai (Bombay), IndiaArtist / Date:
William Carpenter, 1850Size:
248 x 170 mmDescription:
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Carpenter's Indian pictures display a particular interest in costume - note the woman standing nearby, holding a vessel on her head and accompanied by a small child. The trees stood near the house of Sir William Yardley at Breach Candy Bombay.
William Carpenter set off in 1850, in the footsteps of his younger brother Percy, also an artist, and landed in Bombay. He spent much of his time painting portraits of local rulers and the surrounding countryside, often wearing Indian dress himself. He travelled widely, from Sri Lanka in the south to Kashmir in the north, and he also spent some time in the Punjab and Afghanistan before moving south to Rajasthan. Watercolour on paper.
