Bombay Green
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Bombay Green” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
This Indian scene painted in oil on cardboard is inscribed "Bombay Green drawn by R. Melville Grindlay 1807. Mundlay from the Bunder" and was given to the Indian Museum in London by the artist, through a man recorded only as "J. Mathews" in 1875. It was transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879. The view of Bombay Green is seen from the "bunder", the landing place on one of the man-made barriers protecting what was originally the island of Bombay. At the time the painting was done, the city now known as Mumbai was evolving from a group of islands into the peninsula that it is today. "Bombay Green", now Horniman Circle, was in the area of the Fort and was surrounded by buildings erected by the English East India Company as part of the administrative framework of the Bombay Presidency.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 4642 (IS)
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
