Lot Essay
Houghton served with the Bombay Native Infantry between 1842-1888. There is a collection of his landscapes of Bombay in the India Office Library.
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Malabar Point, Bombay; and Bombay Harbour
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William Robert Houghton (1826-1897)
Malabar Point, Bombay; and Bombay Harbour
one inscribed 'No3/Malabar Point.../... Houghton/15 Talbot Rd/Bayswater'; the other inscribed 'No2/Bombay Ha[rb]our/N.R. Houghton/15 Talbot Rd/... Pk (crossed out)' (on the artist's original label, attached to the frame)
oil on canvas
7 x 14 in. (17.8 x 35.6 cm.) (2)
Malabar Point, Bombay; and Bombay Harbour
one inscribed 'No3/Malabar Point.../... Houghton/15 Talbot R
oil on canvas
7 x 14 in. (17.8 x 35.6 cm.) (2)