Robert Home
A collection of ten watercolours depicting figues from the Indian army, circa 1791
Pencil and watercolour on paper, bearing J. Whatman watermark, each titled upper centre; Tippoo’s Bodyguard, Tippoo’s Rocket [?] of the Body Guard, Soldier of Tippoo (Seated figure/Maratha), Belonging to Tippoo/ Soldier (Standing figure with lance), Bengal Sepoy, Free Booter or Common Booter (Standing figure with horizontal lance), Soldier (Standing figure with sword), An Hindoostanee Sepoy or Matchlock Pion, One of Tippoo’s Soldiers, An Attendant of the Rajah of Tanjore
(min) 39.8 x 26 cm, (15 5/8 x 10 1/4 in)
(max) 40.2 x 26.6 cm, (15 7/8 x 10 1/2 in)
(max) 40.2 x 26.6 cm, (15 7/8 x 10 1/2 in)
The following works are studies for Robert Home's 1793 painting 'The Reception of the Mysorean Hostage Princes by Marquis Cornwallis, 26 February 1792': Tippoo's Bodyguard, Tippoo's Rocket of the Body...
The following works are studies for Robert Home's 1793 painting 'The Reception of the Mysorean Hostage Princes by Marquis Cornwallis, 26 February 1792': Tippoo's Bodyguard, Tippoo's Rocket of the Body Guard, Soldier Belonging to Tippoo
Provenance
From the collection of military historian William Young Carman, FSA, FRHS (1909-2003)Thence by descent
Exhibitions
The following works were exhibited in 'The Tiger at the Thistle: Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India C.1760-1800' at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 29 July - 3 October 1999: Tippoo's Rocket of the Bodyguard (cat. no. 5), Bengal Sepoy (cat. no. 33), Soldier Belonging to Tippoo (cat. no. 36)Tipu, the Daniells and Co. Company School Painting in India, Asian Art in London, 2 – 11 November 2017, Grosvenor Gallery, London, no. 1
Publications
The following works were published in W.Y. Carman's article 'The Storming of Bangalore and the Death of Colonel Moorhouse', The Connoisseur, November 1971, pp.164-165: Tippoo's Rocket of the Bodyguard and Soldier Belonging to Tippoo,1
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