Portrait of Vah-ta-ah, the Feejeean Princess

Colour print, 12cm x 17cm (including mount); from a miniature by J. D. MacDonald, of HMS Herald; printed in oil colours by [George] Baxter, Inventor and Patentee, London.


Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/South Seas Pictures/4
Date(s) of creation: n.d.
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.01.09.05.02.04
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Home/South Seas Pictures/4
callnumber CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/04
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/04
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/04
prefix_number 04
scb_previous_numbers 162
title Portrait of Vah-ta-ah, the Feejeean Princess
scb_date_creation n.d.
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 item
format Archive
scb_admin_history George Baxter (1804-1867) was an engraver and printer who invented a process of colour printing that made reproductions of paintings available on a mass scale. He supplied colour illustrations to the publisher George Mudie and produced prints for the London Missionary Society. Baxter's process incorporated the aquatint method and involved superimposing the colours using wooden blocks. Baxter used carefully etched plates, a hand press, and the finest colours, oils and paper. He mixed the colours himself but left no record of their composition. The process quickly gained popularity and was widely useful in producing replications of paintings. [Source: National Portrait Gallery]
scb_custodial_history Image held as part of the LMS Museum (inventory item 162) before being transferred to SOAS Library in January 2008.
description Colour print, 12cm x 17cm (including mount); from a miniature by J. D. MacDonald, of HMS Herald; printed in oil colours by [George] Baxter, Inventor and Patentee, London.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0001.0009.0005.0002.0004