Search

Collection Area Visual Arts Level [32] Fonds

5521. WD247

Reference (shelfmark):
WD247
Title:
Album of 95 drawings chiefly of landscapes and monuments in the Deccan, W. India and Afghanistan. 1821-44. Includes some work by other artists. Artist(s): Boyd, George (1800-1850)
Scope & Content:
95 drawings (90 folios), chiefly of landscapes and monuments in the Deccan, W. India and Afghanistan. 1821-44.The book also contains drawings from other sources by A. Grafton, two maps by A. Christie (perhaps Alexander Christie, assistant surgeon in Bengal, 1825, and surgeon from 1840) and three ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1844
Extent:
1 album containing 95 drawings

5522. WD248

Reference (shelfmark):
WD248
Title:
Sati scene
Scope & Content:
‘Sati’ scene. c.1800. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A Suttee.’ Water-colour; 5.75 by 9 ins. Purchased 12 December 1919. Note: Copy or original drawing for E.A. Rodriguez, ‘The Hindoo Castes’ (London, Madras, 1844), pl.11, 'The Act of Suttee'. Exhibited Cartwright Hall, Bradford, Worlds Beyon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

5523. WD249-302

Reference (shelfmark):
WD249-302
Title:
LEIGHTON, STANLEY (1837-1901) Leighton practised as a barrister from 1861 to 1867 and became Conservative Member of Parliament for North Shropshire in ...
Scope & Content:
LEIGHTON, STANLEY (1837-1901) Leighton practised as a barrister from 1861 to 1867 and became Conservative Member of Parliament for North Shropshire in 1876. He visited India with a friend, Louis Buxton, from December 1867 to 1869 while making a long tour of the empire. He visited Bombay, Ceylon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
54 items

5524. WD314

Reference (shelfmark):
WD314
Title:
Album of 31 drawings, 10 of which were made during a visit to Ceylon and India, 1858. Animal subjects, landscapes and seascapes. Artist(s): Jesse, George Richard (fl. 1858-1874)
Scope & Content:
31 drawings (33 folios), 10 of which (listed below) were made during a visit to Ceylon and India, 1858. Animal subjects, landscapes and seascapes. Some drawings signed and inscribed with titles in ink and pencil. Pencil, pen-and-ink, and wash; size of volume, 10 by 14 ins; drawings approximat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 Item

5525. WD315

Reference (shelfmark):
WD315
Title:
Album of 91 drawings of Bombay, also of trades, costumes and conveyances, in a leather box. 1810 and 1811. Artist(s): Temple, Robert (fl. 1809-1813)
Scope & Content:
91 drawings of Bombay, also of trades, costumes and conveyances, in a leather box. 1810 and 1811. Each drawing inscribed on front in ink with title; also list of titles. 89 and 91 signed: ‘Temple del.’ Water-colour, painted on gold-edged cards; size of card, 3 by 4.5 ins. Circumstances of a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
1 Item

5526. WD316

Reference (shelfmark):
WD316
Title:
Album of 33 drawings of landscapes in Kulu, Lahul, Zanskar and Ladakh
Scope & Content:
33 drawings (33 folios) of landscapes in Kulu, Lahul, Zanskar and Ladakh, c.1863. Inscribed on title page in ink: ‘Views in Kooloo, Lahoul, Zanskar and Ladak.’ Also inscribed with titles in ink. Water~colour; size of volume, 18 by 14 ins.; size of drawings, 14.5 by 10 ins. Purchased 7 Septem...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 Item

5527. WD317

Reference (shelfmark):
WD317
Title:
Right profile silhouette of William Murton
Scope & Content:
Right profile silhouette of William Murton. c.1854. Gouache and touches of gold; 5 by 3.5 ins. Presented by Mrs. M.L. Franks, 10 May 1939. Note: William Murton (1834-1897) entered the Maritime Service as a midshipman in 1850 and served on the ‘Nile, Monarch, Agamemnon, Barham, Wellesley, Seri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1854
Extent:
1 Item

5528. WD318-332

Reference (shelfmark):
WD318-332
Title:
FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM (1763-1839) Francklin joined the E. I. Company’s Bengal Native Infantry in 1783. He was invalided out of the service in 1815 and r ...
Scope & Content:
FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM (1763-1839) Francklin joined the E. I. Company’s Bengal Native Infantry in 1783. He was invalided out of the service in 1815 and retired in India in 1825. He became a Major in 1810. He was a keen amateur archaeologist and a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. He made a n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810-1819
Extent:
16 items

5529. WD333, WD1713, WD2419-2423, WD3766, WD4217, WD4509, WD4526

Reference (shelfmark):
WD333, WD1713, WD2419-2423, WD3766, WD4217, WD4509, WD4526
Title:
LONGCROFT, THOMAS (fl. 1780-1811) Longcroft's date and place of birth are unknown, but he appears to have been an artist who knew Zoffany in England. ...
Scope & Content:
LONGCROFT, THOMAS (fl. 1780-1811) Longcroft's date and place of birth are unknown, but he appears to have been an artist who knew Zoffany in England. He decided to go to India with Zoffany in 1783 but they did not make the voyage together. Both visited Lucknow in 1784 but some time later separa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785-1799
Extent:
10 items

5530. WD335

Reference (shelfmark):
WD335
Title:
A view of Chittagong (Bengal) with river in distance. March 1813. Artist(s): George, James (1782-1828)
Scope & Content:
A view of Chittagong (Bengal) with river in distance. March 1813. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Chittagong. J. George. March, 1813.’ Water-colour; 19 by 26.5 ins. Purchased 23 September 1952.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 Item

Limit your search

more »

more »
more »
more »