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Lieutenant Philip Le Couteur (1777-1807)
Lot 238

Lieutenant Philip Le Couteur (1777-1807)

Fisherman on the shore, Bay of Bengal, Madras

Closed29 September 2011

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GBP 4,000

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Lieutenant Philip Le Couteur (1777-1807)
Fisherman on the shore, Bay of Bengal, Madras
one signed and dated 'Le Couteur. 1805 pinxt' (lower right), one signed and dated 'Le Couteur pinxt 1805' (lower left)
oil on panel
15 7/8 x 22¼in. (40.3 x 56.5cm.); 15 5/8 x 22in. (39.7 x 55.8cm.)
a pair (2)

Specialist note

Le Couteur was born in Jersey in 1777 and entered the service of the East India Company's Madras Army in 1798. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 12th [Madras] Native Infantry on 1 January 1800 and Captain-Lieutenant from 31 January 1806. He died at St Thomé, Madras, on 14 October 1807. There are two pictures by Le Couteur in the National Army Museum: The Rock and Temple of Trinchinopoly, 1801, and The Market Place at Trinchinopoly showing officers of the Madras Native Infantry, 1800 (NAM 1968-03-1 and 1959-03-120).