File:Major William Davy.jpg

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Attributed to Tilly Kettle  (1735–1786)  wikidata:Q7802903
 
Attributed to Tilly Kettle
Description British portrait painter
Date of birth/death 31 January 1735 Edit this at Wikidata July 1786 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Aleppo Eyalet
Work location
London, India (1668-1776)
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artist QS:P170,Q7802903,P5102,Q230768
Description
English: Major William Davy, Bengal Army, Persian Secretary to the Governor-General, in Persian dress, 1781 (c).

Davy was one of the East India Company's greatest scholars of Persian, the Mughal language of government and culture. He worked as the Persian Secretary of Warren Hastings, Governor General of Bengal (1773-1785). As well as translating official papers, he also translated many of the great works of Mughal scholarship. He died in 1784 during a voyage back to Britain. NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1981-01-22-1 Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, London Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection
Date 1780-1781 (c)
Medium oil on cardboard
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q389782,P518,Q861259
institution QS:P195,Q731616
Source/Photographer http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26simpleText%3Dmughal&pos=0&total=11&page=1&acc=1981-01-22-1

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