Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Simpson, 1823–1899, British
Title:
Sketchbook from Calcutta to Peshawar
Date:
1859
Materials & Techniques:
Sketchbook with fifty-six graphite drawings, some in watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed label on front cover in pen and black ink: "India. Calcutta to Pershawar. | and back to Umritser | 1859. 60. | Thick."; inscribed inside front cover in graphite: "Birds of a feather flock together | Hum jins ba hum jins pwiwaz | We people with people together. | Kubootre ba Kubootre baz ba baz (Hafis) | Pigeons with pigeons Hawks with Hawks. | Kindred souls together walk | Done with done and Hawk with hawk | Man likes to chum with what he loves | As hawks with hawks and doves with doves"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2014.21.2
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | houses | cityscape | architectural subject | elephants (animals) | musical instruments | plows (agricultural equipment) | monkeys (animals) | headdresses | tobacco boxes | tents | goats | cows | horses (animals) | camels (mammals) | animal art | carriage | figure study | genre subject
Associated Places:
Pakistan | Taxali Gate | Amritsar | Delhi | Lahore | India
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:70162