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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Language Not applicable Subject Plants

1. IOR/H/375, p.374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375, p.374
Title:
Drawing of a Flax Plant, accompanying a letter sent by Dr William Roxburgh on 1st February 1793 to the Court of Directors entitled: 'A Botanical Description and Drawing of a new Species of Flax-plant with a few Observations thereon'
Scope & Content:
A water-colour drawing of a Flax Plant (‘Aletris Nervosus’) with dissections measuring 18.5 by 12 inches accompanying a letter sent by Dr Roxburgh from Samalkot on 1st February 1793 to the Court of Directors entitled, 'A Botanical Description and Drawing of a new Species of Flax-plant with a few...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793
Extent:
1 Item

2. IOR/H/375, pp.255-261

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375, pp.255-261
Title:
4 drawings of plants, accompanying a letter sent by Dr William Roxburgh on 23rd December 1794 to the Court of Directors entitled: 'A Botanical History of the Hemp and Flax Plants of Bengal, with the mode of cultivation and manufacture'
Scope & Content:
Four water-colour drawings , measuring 18 by 12 inches, inscribed: (i) ‘Corchorus olitorius Linn’. No.901. (ii) ‘Corchorus capsuaris Linn’ No.902. (iii) ‘Corchorus fuscus’. No.903. (iv) ‘Aeschymomene cannabinaa’ of Konig. No.904. These drawings accompany a letter sent by Roxburgh to the Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 Item

3. IOR/H/375, pp.268-274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375, pp.268-274
Title:
4 drawings depicting Hemp and Flax Plants. Made by an Indian draughtsman to accompany a note on the cultivation of flax and hemp in Bengal, submitted by Michael Atkinson, Resident of Jungypore, on 21st November 1792
Scope & Content:
Four water-colour drawings , measuring 15 by 9.5 inches, depicting Hemp and Flax Plants, (i) 'Ghore Sun', (ii) 'Cooch Murdun Paat', (iii) 'Amleeah Paat', (iv) 'Sanchee Paat'. These drawings , made by Indian draughtsmen, accompanied a note on the cultivation of flax and hemp in Bengal submitted ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 Item

4. Mss Eur B369/3

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Mss Eur B369/3
Title:
Illustrated journal containing 20 drawings and 5 prints. Inscribed on cover: 'Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852'. Artist(s): Machell, Thomas (1824-1862)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on cover: ‘Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852. Thomas Machell’. f.1v Pilgrims at the source of the Ganges. Pencil heightened with white. f.3 Wounded white rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.4 Wounded rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.5 Wounded elephant. Water-colour. f.6 ‘‘St...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 Item

5. Mss Eur D141

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D141
Title:
9 drawings in an album, depicting plants from the Deccan. Drawn by Bombardier Llewellyn L. Fidlor for W.H. Sykes, Statistical Reporter to the Bombay Government, between 1824 and 1826 during a survey of the Deccan. Artist(s): Fidlor, Llewellyn (b. 1804)
Scope & Content:
(No.379 in Kaye's ‘Catalogue of Eur. MSS.’) Nine water-colour drawings of plants from the Deccan, bound in a volume measuring 12.5 by 8 inches entitled 'No.1. General and District Geographical Descriptions'. This volume is the first part of Sykes' 'First Report on Statistics of the Dukhun, 18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824-1826
Extent:
1 Item

6. Mss Eur D1016/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1016/1(9)
Title:
Genl. Richard's House and Petersfield and Sukha Tal [Naini Tal]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Houses on hillside with mountain beyond. Photograph uncredited, but possibly by John Murray.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1861
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur D1218/11(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1218/11(47)
Title:
Bush with far-stretching roots above ground [between Siah Gird and Pata Kesar]. Photographer: Harvey-Kelly, Charles Hamilton Grant Hulme
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'This bush is plentiful among the sandhills which stretch for 10 miles on the south bank of the Oxus between Siah Gird and Pata Kesar.'
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17 Jul 1925
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur E81

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E81
Title:
184 drawings in an album, depicting plants of Ceylon. This is the second of three volumes written and drawn by Eudelin de Jonville entitled: 'Quelques Notions sur L'Isle de Ceylon'. Artist(s): Jonville, Eudelin de (fl. 1798-1805)
Scope & Content:
One hundred and eighty-four folios in pencil and water-colour depicting plants of Ceylon bound in a volume measuring 15 inches by 10.5. Twenty-four are unfinished and a line drawing of a fish is included on f.126. The drawings are numbered on the back 1-184 and each folio bears a description o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1801
Extent:
1 Item

9. Mss Eur E278/86(378)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E278/86(378)
Title:
Suspension bridge near Dikhu. Photographer: Reid, Robert Niel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a rudimentary suspension bridge in a forested area. Lady Reid and local guides stand on a dirt track by the side of the bridge.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur E278/86(427)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E278/86(427)
Title:
Runikhata: In the Aie Valley. Photographer: Reid, Robert Niel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing the party crossing the pebbled bank of the River Aie.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1939
Extent:
1 item

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