Watercolour and ink drawing
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
plastic
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286107.13
Summary
One of a collection of fifteen Indian figures all wearing different costumes. They are painted on thin sheets of transparent plastic. The figures are all faceless and with them comes a painted card with two faces, to be placed under the transparent sheets. They are placed altogether in an envelope with an inscription; '1 face card with 2 heads, 12 Indian figures painted on tablets, chiefly Tzades'.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.