Lot 151: Hubert Cornish (1757-1823)

Lady Teignmouth's garden house, on the banks of the Hooghly, Calcutta
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
14 3/8 x 21 in. (36.5 x 53.4 cm.)

with Montague Bernard, London.

Hubert Cornish was a talented musician and artist, whose sister Charlotte married Sir John Shore, first Baron Teignmouth (1751-1834). On Shore's appointment as Governor-General of India, Cornish accompanied him as Private Secretary and recorded in watercolour their travels together. Sir John only served for five years, between 1793 and 1798. Cornish travelled extensively and on his return to England became well known for his engraved panorama of Sidmouth, published by Wallis in 1815.

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