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5541. WD370-375, WD376-475

Reference (shelfmark):
WD370-375, WD376-475
Title:
DURAND, Sir EDWARD LAW, 1st Baronet (1845-1920) Durand joined the British Army in the 96th Foot in 1865. In 1877 he entered civil employment and from ...
Scope & Content:
DURAND, Sir EDWARD LAW, 1st Baronet (1845-1920) Durand joined the British Army in the 96th Foot in 1865. In 1877 he entered civil employment and from 1878 to 1880 was acting Assistant Resident at Bushire, Persian Gulf. In 1881 he was in Rajputana, in 1882 he was in charge of the ex-Amir Yakub K...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878-1886
Extent:
106 items

5542. WD476

Reference (shelfmark):
WD476
Title:
S.E. view of Government House, Calcutta. A European is being carried in a palanquin, while other Europeans, attended by servants, stroll on the grass and exercise their dogs. Artist(s): Orme, Edward (1774-c.1822), after Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:
S.E. view of Government House, Calcutta. A European is being carried in a palanquin, while other Europeans, attended by servants, stroll on the grass and exercise their dogs. 1804. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘South East View of new Government House. Calcutta. Drawn by Moffat (1804).’ Wat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 Item

5543. WD477, WD551, WD1362-1363, WD2453-2454, WD2773-2774, WD3739, WD4205-4212

Reference (shelfmark):
WD477, WD551, WD1362-1363, WD2453-2454, WD2773-2774, WD3739, WD4205-4212
Title:
GANTZ, JOHN (1772-1853) John Gantz, probably of Austrian extraction, was employed as a draftsman and surveyor by the East India Company from about 180 ...
Scope & Content:
GANTZ, JOHN (1772-1853) John Gantz, probably of Austrian extraction, was employed as a draftsman and surveyor by the East India Company from about 1800 to 1803, eventually receiving a government pension. Maps by him are in the Library's collection and four drawings of forts at Bangalore, Ramghe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1830
Extent:
19 items

5544. WD481

Reference (shelfmark):
WD481
Title:
Portrait of a British infantry field officer of the Madras Army in red regimental uniform with buff facings; in the background, the city of Madras. Artist(s): Caseli, Paul Frederick de (fl. 1803-1817)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a British infantry field officer of the Madras Army in red regimental uniform with buff facings; in the background, the city of Madras. 1810. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘P.F. de Caselli de Frasne. Madras 1810.’ Water-colour; 14.75 by 11.5 ins. Purchased 10 June 1955.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 Item

5545. WD484

Reference (shelfmark):
WD484
Title:
Album of 19 drawings of scenes in Bombay and S. India together with a few miscellaneous sketches. Between 1817 and c.1822. Artist(s): Cussans, Thomas (1796-1870)
Scope & Content:
19 drawings (22 folios) of scenes in Bombay and S. India together with a few miscellaneous sketches. Between 1817 and c.1822. Inscribed on cover: ‘Thos Cussans Lt. Madras Artillery. Janry 1817’; on title page: ‘Thos Cussans, July 30th, 1817’; also titles in ink. Water-colour and pen-and-ink;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1817-1822
Extent:
1 Item

5546. WD484

Reference (shelfmark):
WD484
Title:
Album of 19 drawings of scenes in Bombay and S. India together with a few miscellaneous sketches. Between 1817 and c.1822. Artist(s): Cussans, Thomas (1796-1870)
Scope & Content:
19 drawings (22 folios) of scenes in Bombay and S. India together with a few miscellaneous sketches. Between 1817 and c.1822.Inscribed on cover: ‘Thos Cussans Lt. Madras Artillery. Janry 1817’; on title page: ‘Thos Cussans, July 30th, 1817’; also titles in ink.Water-colour and pen-and-ink; size o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817-1822
Extent:
1 album

5547. WD485

Reference (shelfmark):
WD485
Title:
Album of 212 drawings and 11 lithographs depicting costume, occupations, scenery and buildings in Sind, Cutch and Bombay. 1830 to 1845. The majority of the sketches are by Thomas Postans, but a few (e.g. f 76a) are by his wife, Marianne. Artist(s): Postans, Thomas (1808-1846)
Scope & Content:
POSTANS, THOMAS (1808-1846) Postans entered the Bombay Native Infantry in 1829. He was posted to Surat, Baroda and Poona, and from 1834 to 1839 was line adjutant at Bhuj in Cutch. He was known to be a keen amateur archaeologist and in May and June 1838 he was put on special duty to obtain fac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1845
Extent:
1 Item

5548. WD492

Reference (shelfmark):
WD492
Title:
The Sanatorium, Cherrapunji (Assam)
Scope & Content:
The Sanatorium, Cherrapunji (Assam), 1832. Inscribed on front of mount in ink; ‘The Sanatorium at Chirra Poonjee 1832.’ Water-colour; 3.75 by 4.75 ins. Purchased 11 May 1953. Note: This sketch was in the same album as Sir Charles D’Oyly’s drawings, WD486-491.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
1 Item

5549. WD494-497

Reference (shelfmark):
WD494-497
Title:
MOFFAT, JAMES (1775-1815) Moffat was a Scotsman who arrived in India aged only 14, living in Calcutta from 1789 to 1815. He appears to have learnt hi ...
Scope & Content:
MOFFAT, JAMES (1775-1815) Moffat was a Scotsman who arrived in India aged only 14, living in Calcutta from 1789 to 1815. He appears to have learnt his profession of drawing and engraving in India. According to Wynyard Wilkinson (‘The Makers of Indian Colonial Silver’, London, 1987, p. 137) he w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1810
Extent:
5 items

5550. WD498

Reference (shelfmark):
WD498
Title:
Caricature of a Parsee as Caliban
Scope & Content:
Caricature of a Parsee as Caliban, c.1874. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Caliban: ‘You taught me language; and my profit on’t Is, I know how to curse.’ Tempest. Act. 1’; on back in ink: ‘Frontispiece to ‘Personal Bearing of Europeans in India towards the Natives,’ Nowrozjee Furdonjee (London, 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 Item

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