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Justinian Gantz (1802-1862)
Lot 226

Justinian Gantz (1802-1862)

A Rest Home, near Cape Comorin on the Road to Trivandrum

Closed25 April 2012

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Justinian Gantz (1802-1862)
A Rest Home, near Cape Comorin on the Road to Trivandrum
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
13 x 18 1/8in.(33 x 46.2cm.)

Specialist note

With his father, John, Justinian Gantz was employed as a draughtsman by the East India Company. However, the family owned a lithographic press in Popham's Broadway, Madras, and also practised as architects.
Cape Comorin lies at India's southernmost point while Trivandrum, which translates as 'Abode of the Sacred Serpent', is in the state of Kerala.