View of the harbour at sunset, Rio de Janiero
Draughtsman: Havell, William
From the Fairhaven Fund.
Height: 356 mm
Width: 514 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1994) by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd
Production date: AD 1827 : Havell spent ten days in Rion in 1816 on his way to China as official artist to Lord Amerherst's embassy. When the embassy failed, the artist made his way from Peking to Calcutta. He spent ten years in India before returning to England in 1826
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour over traces of graphite heightened with bodycolour, on paper
Accession number: PD.144-1994
Primary reference Number: 10818
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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