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Lieutenant-General Ezekial Barton (Irthlingborough House, Northants 1781-1855)
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Lieutenant-General Ezekial Barton (Irthlingborough House, Northants 1781-1855)

Delhi from a distance

Closed23 September 2010

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Lieutenant-General Ezekial Barton (Irthlingborough House, Northants 1781-1855)
Delhi from a distance
signed and inscribed 'Delhi from a distance - by .. E.B. on the spot' (on a slip of paper attached to the mount)
pencil and watercolour, on paper
12 7/8 x 20 5/8in. (32.7 x 52.3cm.)

with Spink, London.

Specialist note

Barton arrived in India in 1800 and served in the Bengal Native Infantry. His skill as a draughtsman was quickly recognised and by 1814 he had been appointed Assistant Surveyor to John Hodgson, senior officer in the Surveyor-General's Department who thought very highly of his work 'Lt. Barton...is exceeded by no one as a Draftsman, either in taking views or giving to Maps and Plans an exquisitely beautiful finish'. Barton's early years in India were spent conducting surveys of Garhwal, Sirmur and Hindur.