IMAGE
Alington Family. Attributed works :W H Alington - Drago-man. Fancy-Ball, Christchurch. Janry/77 or Dec/76
- Date
- 1876 - 1877
- By
- Alington family; Alington, Hester Maud, 1895-1983; Alington, Charlotte Mabel, 1877-1975
- Reference
- A-446-024
- Description
A sketch of W H (William Herbert) Alington, dressed as a dragoman for a fancy-dress party. His jacket and Turkish-style pants are dark blue, his shirt white and his stockings, sash belt and turban red. He also wears a long white beard.
The verso inscription 'By Aunt Maude' suggetsts that the work might be attributed to Hester Maud Alington; the watercolour is very similar to a sketch made on the verso of a painting of Castle Bellingham (A-446-021). However the initials CMA, bottom right of this watercolour, suggests that the artist might have been Charlotte Mabel Alington.
A dragoman was an interpreter or guide in countries where Arabic, Turkish, or Persian is spoken.
Other Titles - 1876 1877
Other Titles - Dragoman
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - W M Alington - Drago-man. Fancy-Ball, Christchurch. Janry/77 or Dec/76 [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - CMA; Verso - top centre - By Aunt Maude (sketch); Verso - bottom centre - For Louie Alington (In an old album) Just thought of you [in pencil]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 182 x 114 mm
Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Watercolour on paper, 182 x 114 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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