Half-length portrait of Sophia Isabella Marriott, sister of General Marriott, wearing a gold silk dress, black veil and mourning brooch
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Half-length portrait of Sophia Isabella Marriott, sister of General Marriott, wearing a gold silk dress, black veil and mourning brooch. Inscribed on label on back of original mount: ‘My Great Aunt (Sophia Isabella Marriott) daughter of George Wharton Marriott, B.C. of Inner Temple’, and on rev...
Three heads of Javanese men, by Thomas Daniell. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
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Three heads of Javanese men, by Thomas Daniell. Probably 1785. Pencil; 15.8 by 21.2 cm. Note: Possibly studies used for ‘Malays of Java’, W. and T. Daniell, ‘Picturesque voyage to India’, London, 1810 plates 15 and 18. Purchased 1993.
Standing figure in pink tunic and red sash, wearing large tubulur ear-rings. Inscribed 'Rajah of Chedubah. W.D.'. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Standing figure in pink tunic and red sash, wearing large tubulur ear-rings. By William Daniell. 1795-1800. Inscribed: ‘Rajah of Chedubah, WD’. Water-colour; 30.3 by 20 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: Chedubah is an island off the coast of Burma, also called Foul Island from its evil-smelling vol...
Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond, c.1830. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Red Hills. The Country Retreat of Mr James Taylor - Public Functionary’. Water-colour in wash borders; 28.2 by 38.2 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: James Taylor, Madras Civil Service 1795...
The house at Cisarua occupied in 1814 by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills.
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Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills. 1814. Inscribed: ‘The House of Cisoroa. Dec 1814’. Pencil; 21 by 24.7 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: This house at Cisarua was used by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. The drawing is the only known view of the house.
Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album with paper covers. Cover inscribed: 'Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity'. Some show the same subjects as Sir Charles D’Oyly’s 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs', London, 1848. Artist(s): Wh
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Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album (ff.1-24) with paper covers. Album 55 by 37.5 cm. Cover inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity - by Coll. G.F. White’. Notes on some of the Calcutta drawings suggest White had the preparation of a ...
Drawings in an album with paper covers inscribed: 'Unfinished Original Pencil Sketches Chiefly in Himalaya Mountains India &c'. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Drawings, various sizes, in an album (ff.1-13) with paper covers inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Unfinished Original Pencil Sketches Chiefly in Himalaya Mountains India &c. by Col. G.F. White’. Album 54 by 33 cm. f.1 ‘Bloomville. Simla. Col. W’s residence in 1840’. Pencil; 31 by...
Six drawings in an album with paper covers inscribed: 'Unfinished Indian Sketches by Col. White', along with three loose drawings. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Six drawings laid down in an album with paper covers inscribed in pencil: ‘Unfinished Indian Sketches by Col. White’, along with three loose drawings. Album; 50 by 37.8 cm. f.1 ‘Akbar Shah’s Mosque. Cottub Minar. nr. Delhi. Feby. 14th 1843’. Pencil and white chalk; 27.5 by 38.2 cm....
