Gunga, a Hindu from Oudh and a chaprassee (messenger) of No. 22 Astronomical Survey Party of which Capt S G Burrard was in charge, 1894
oil on canvas, oil painting
Accession Number
NAM.1951-11-15-1
Description
Gunga, a Hindu from Oudh and a chaprassee (messenger) of No. 22 Astronomical Survey Party of which Capt S G Burrard was in charge, 1894. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left ‘G E Burrard/ Oct 1894’, by Gertrude Ellen Burrard (later Lady Gertrude) (1860-1928), 1894. Bust-length, looking to right. Gertrude Ellen Burrard accompanied her husband Sidney Burrard, an Indian Army Officer, around the Indian subcontinent during his time as Superintendent on the Trigonometrical Survey of India. As an amateur artist, she recorded the people and places that she encountered and exhibited her paintings for many years in India.
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