Watercolour sketch of South American person/people.

Collection type: Object
Description: Watercolour sketch of South American person/people.
Geographical reference: South America
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America
Person: Maker William Francis Carter; Field collector William Foster Carter; Field collector HMS Seringampatam; PRM source Miss Wakefield; PRM source Miss Warwick
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1830
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Pigment, Material Watercolour Paint, Process Painted
Dimensions: Width 100 mm, Width 164 mm in mount, Height 150 mm in mount, Height 87 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.53.23 Other numbers: 25
Research and responses: Several of the paintings have the initials MO RN after Carter's initials, referring to his having been a Medical Officer in the Royal Navy. According to Navy records this means that he is likely to have been William Foster Carter, whose Navy service began in 1828, or possibly William Francis Carter, whose service began in 1808. See service records in Related Document File. [CM 06/01/2011]
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour in Brazil, Chile, Peru, 1829–1832: A Naval Surgeon's Costumbrismo Collection, a web page devoted to the special exhibition of the same name held in the Archive Case at the PRM from 21 January to 21 April 2013; see http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/wf_carter.html. Caption: 'A fisherman from Chile on a raft made of inflated bullock hides. The Seringapatam spent the early years of 1830 and much of 1831 and 1832 sailing up and down the coast of Chile. Conception Bay was visited in October 1830, and Carter probably made an excursion to Santiago during one of the many times the Seringapatam was anchored at Valparaiso.' [JC 17 10 2014]

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