Watercolour painting of Robert Moffat rescuing an abandoned child

Original painting, 27cm x 31.5cm. Notes on the reverse of tha painting read, "said to have been painted by Mr Heaptry". The painting also shows a lady seen from the back [possibly Mrs Moffat]. The baby in the picture was Sarah Roby (a Bechuana girl said to have been buried in infancy, rescued and re...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/01/09/05/04/04 Open

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

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.01.09.05.04.04
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Home/Africa Pictures/4
callnumber CWM/LMS/01/09/05/04/04
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/01/09/05/04/04
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/01/09/05/04/04
prefix_number 04
scb_previous_numbers 133
title Watercolour painting of Robert Moffat rescuing an abandoned child
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_custodial_history Painting originally presented [to the London Missionary Society] by the relatives of Mrs (Jemima) Luke. It was held as part of the LMS Museum (inventory item 133) before being transferred to SOAS Library in January 2008.
description Original painting, 27cm x 31.5cm. Notes on the reverse of tha painting read, "said to have been painted by Mr Heaptry". The painting also shows a lady seen from the back [possibly Mrs Moffat]. The baby in the picture was Sarah Roby (a Bechuana girl said to have been buried in infancy, rescued and reared by the Moffats).
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_related_material A photograph of a painting of Sarah Roby (by Mrs Jemima Luke), can be found with images of Robert Moffat and his family held in the 'Livingstone Pictures' series (reference: CWM/LMS/Home/Livingstone Pictures/Box 2, File 17)
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0001.0009.0005.0004.0004

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