Polly Cornthwaite
Senior Cataloguer
Lot 56
Col. George Francis White(British, 1808-1898)'View of the Himalayas from Mt Tyne'
2 March 2022, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £446.25 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Travel & Exploration specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot
Col. George Francis White (British, 1808-1898)
'View of the Himalayas from Mt Tyne'
signed with initials and dated 'GJ.W. May 3d 1829.' (lower right); titled (lower left)
pencil
24.8 x 36.5cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/8in).
signed with initials and dated 'GJ.W. May 3d 1829.' (lower right); titled (lower left)
pencil
24.8 x 36.5cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/8in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 October 1990, lot 61 (an album of sketches).
With Abbott and Holder, London.
Private collection, UK.
With Grosvenor Gallery, London.
Exhibited
London, Grosvenor Gallery and Rob Dean Art, Views of India, Asian Art in London 2019, 31 October 2019 - 9 November 2019, no. 24.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, South Asian Art: 1820-2020, Asian Art in London, 22-29 October 2020, no.13, illustrated on p.26.
Between 1825 and 1846 Lt.-Col. George Francis White was a member of the thirteenth regiment of foot which was stationed in India. White was a keen draughtsman and some of his sketches were worked up and engraved for Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains taken during the tours in the direction of Mussooree, Simla, the sources of the Jumna and Ganges in 1829, 31, 32, London, 1836. Some of his sketches done in conjunction with Commander Robert Elliot have been reworked by professional artists such as Cotman, Cox, Prout, Copley Fielding, and J.M.W. Turner, for example, engravings entitled Hindostan, the shores of the Red Sea and the Himalaya Mountains, illustrated, London, 1845. Today White's work is represented in the collection of the India Office Library, the Tate and private collections.