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1734 - 1786. Known for: Portrait painting of aristocrats.
In 1768, Tilly Kettle sailed to India with the British East India Company, landing at Madras (now Chennai), where he remained for two years. There, he painted Lord Pigot and Muhammad Ali Khan twice... Read full biography
In 1768, Tilly Kettle sailed to India with the British East India Company, landing at Madras (now Chennai), where he remained for two years. There, he painted Lord Pigot and Muhammad Ali Khan twice (once alone and once with five of his sons). He also painted non-portraits, including Dancing Girls... Read full biography
In 1768, Tilly Kettle sailed to India with the British East India Company, landing at Madras (now Chennai), where he remained for two years. There, he painted Lord Pigot and Muhammad Ali Khan twice (once alone and once with five of his sons). He also painted non-portraits, including Dancing Girls (Blacks) in 1772 and a suttee scene in 1776 entitled, The ceremony of a gentoo woman taking leave of her relations and distributing her jewels prior to ascending the funeral pyre of her deceased... Read full biography
In 1768, Tilly Kettle sailed to India with the British East India Company, landing at Madras (now Chennai), where he remained for two years. There, he painted Lord Pigot and Muhammad Ali Khan twice (once alone and once with five of his sons). He also painted non-portraits, including Dancing Girls (Blacks) in 1772 and a suttee scene in 1776 entitled, The ceremony of a gentoo woman taking leave of her relations and distributing her jewels prior to ascending the funeral pyre of her deceased husband. In 1770 Kettle painted a half-length portrait of 'Sir' Levett Hanson, a peripatetic writer on European knighthood and chivalry originally from Yorkshire. (The portrait is now in the collection of the Bury St Edmunds Manor House Museum. Kettle... Read full biography
In 1768, Tilly Kettle sailed to India with the British East India Company, landing at Madras (now Chennai), where he remained for two years. There, he painted Lord Pigot and Muhammad Ali Khan twice (once alone and once with five of his sons). He also painted non-portraits, including Dancing Girls (Blacks) in 1772 and a suttee scene in 1776 entitled, The ceremony of a gentoo woman taking leave of her relations and distributing her jewels prior to ascending the funeral pyre of her deceased husband. In 1770 Kettle painted a half-length portrait of 'Sir' Levett Hanson, a peripatetic writer on European knighthood and chivalry originally from Yorkshire. (The portrait is now in the collection of the Bury St Edmunds Manor House Museum. Kettle moved on to Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1771 and painted Shuja ud-Daula and Dancing-Girl Holding the Stem of a... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Gerard Ann Edwards Hamilton (1732–1773); and a portrait of his wife Lady Jane Edwards (1732–1811)
Tilly Kettle Auction: 03/30/2023 - 4/5/2023Lot: 88Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of a gentleman, a member of the Oman family, three-quarter-length, in a red suit, with a dog
Tilly Kettle Auction: 11/26/2020 - 12/17/2020Lot: 109Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of John Owen of Penrhos, three-quarter-length, in a brown coat holding a riding crop, standing before a landscape
Tilly Kettle Auction: 03/29/2017Lot: 430Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of an officer, half-length, in military uniform, a sword in his right hand, in a landscape
Tilly Kettle Auction: 04/27/2007Lot: 44Subscribe or get free alerts
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