FDA-D.488-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.488-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
On the Sutlej River at Phillour
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 183
Description
Content (place)
India
Dimensions
height (actual size): 346mm
width (actual size): 495mm
width (actual size): 495mm
Inscription
Inscribed 'Sutlaj at Phillour' and signed and dated 'Wm Simpson/1860' (lower right)
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white
Production
Person
Simpson, William, 1823 - 1899 (Artist)
Date
1860
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: A Genius for Watercolour, Christie’s 2003, no. 66
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 74), Catalogue number: 66
