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Ref NoJDH/1/10/162
Alt Ref NoJHC63
TitleLetter from Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton to Hooker (nee Henslow), Frances Harriet from Darjeeling, India
DescriptionJDH describes the portrait Mr Tayler is painting of him. The scene is JDH’s camp in a forest after a supposed day of collecting in the snowy Himalaya mountains & features: JDH’s Lepcha Sirdar presenting him with a bunch of Dendrobium nobile; the Ghorkha [Gurkha], Havildar & Lepchas in their uniforms; JDH’s Bhotea dog; bamboos, ferns &rhododendrons. JDH also describes the combination of Thibetan [Tibetan]& English clothes he is wearing for the portrait, including a hat mounted with a silver pebble & peacock feather as marks of rank. Illustrated with a sketch of the hat.
Date25 Apr 1849
FormatContemporary MS copy
URLwww.kew.org/josephhooker
CreatorHooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
Collection TitleSir Joseph Hooker Papers
LevelItem
Extent2 page letter over 1 folio
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