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Tilly
Kettle

1735 — 1786 · Early Modern

Tilly Kettle: The First Englishman Painting India Tilly Kettle (1735–1786) stands as a singular figure in British art history—the first prominent English portrait painter to establish himself successfully within the vibrant cultural landscape of India during the zenith of the East India Company’s dominion. Born …

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Tilly Kettle
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Tilly Kettle's own colours

Every 17 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers