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William Simpson — Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay
William Simpson

Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay

William Simpson's 'Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay' is a watercolor over pencil heightened with bodycolor. The work documents an important architectural or engineering feature of colonial India with topographical precision.

Medium
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour;

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Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes

September 17, 2021

Estimate: $5,000$7,000

Lot 99

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William Simpson, Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay

William Simpson's 'Bhore Ghaut Incline, Bombay' is a watercolor over pencil heightened with bodycolor. The work documents an important architectural or engineering feature of colonial India with topographical precision.

Medium
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour;
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Watercolor, 19th Century, Architectural, Landscape, Historical, Topographical, Travel, British, Architecture, India

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