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Coquette and Isabella of Cofsipore [Cossipore]

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Date

1810-1840

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Private Collection

Description

The title is inscribed along the base of this small watercolour. It came from a collection of watercolours mainly comprising small paintings by George Cumberland (1754-1848), which show signs of having being pasted in an early 19th-century album. Cossipore is in the northern part of Calcutta, and is where the East India Company set up its gun foundry in 1801. The 'Coquette' is flying a White Ensign so is likely to be a Royal Navy vessel - a single-masted cutter. Two of the seated figures on the left are wearing navy blue jackets and white trousers or breeches and navy headwear (possibly bicorn), possibly early 19th century. The Isabella, in the background, is two-masted and flies a Red Ensign; it could be a merchant or passenger schooner. The Calcutta Monthly Journal and Register for 1836 shipping records arrivals and departures for a schooner Isabella in Calcutta and other parts of India and the East. A list of shipwrecks for 1816 (on Wikipedia) includes: “Isabella - The ship ran aground and was damaged near Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Penang. Isabella was later refloated." This may (or may not) be the same vessel.

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Courtesy of a private collector

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Cossipore, Kolkata, India

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