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William Simpson (1823 – 1899) was a distinguished watercolourist and war artist. Having established his reputation by documenting the Crimean war in 1854, Day and Sons, the London lithography firm, commissioned him to sketch well-known sites in and around Delhi associated with the Revolt of 1857 by Indians against the rule of the British East India Company. Simpson arrived in Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1859 and travelled widely. His rapid pencil drawings formed the preparatory studies for his finished watercolours done after his return to London in 1862. His detailed journal, sketches and pictures from India resulted in these highly coloured, evocative, and romantic interpretations of the landscape and architecture. Simpson completed the painting of the Indian School in Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1859. His work, published in books like India: Ancient and Modern, provides detailed and fresh depictions of life across the subcontinent during that period.

SIZE-11 x 15 In.

MEDIUM-Chromolithograph (Mounted for Protection)

YEAR-1867

EXPORTABLE-No

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