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5611. WD1293

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1293
Title:
Ruins of the citadel in Pondicherry after the attack by the British; McClean shown sketching in the foreground. 8 September 1762. Artist(s): McClean, John (d.1768)
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink and wash drawing by John McClean (d.1768) of the ruins of the citadel in Pondicherry after the attack by the British; McClean is shown sketching in the foreground, dated 8th September 1762. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘To the Honble George Pigot Esq. President of the Council & G...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1762
Extent:
1 Item

5612. WD1331-1332

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1331-1332
Title:
Anderson Collection 2 drawings of designs on textiles collected in the Sanda Valley during the expedition to Yunnan, S.W. China, in 1868, and drawn in Calcutta in 1870, probably by Indian draftsmen
Scope & Content:
2 drawings of designs on textiles collected in the Sanda Valley during the expedition to Yunnan, S.W. China, in 1868, and drawn in Calcutta in 1870, probably by Indian draftsmen. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Yunan Expedition Sanda Valley 1868, Dr Anderson, Calcutta, 1870.’ Water-colour; 11.5 by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

5613. WD1333-1337

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1333-1337
Title:
HAVELL, WILLIAM (1782-1857) Havell came of a well-known Reading family of artists and engravers. His father was a drawing-master with fourteen childr ...
Scope & Content:
HAVELL, WILLIAM (1782-1857) Havell came of a well-known Reading family of artists and engravers. His father was a drawing-master with fourteen children, and William was early put in business. He persisted in drawing and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1804 and at the British Institution fro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1855
Extent:
6 items

5614. WD1338

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1338
Title:
Troops proceeding through the Bolan Pass from Dadur (Baluchistan)
Scope & Content:
Troops proceeding through the Bolan Pass from Dadur (Baluchistan). 1840. Wash; 8 by 6 ins. Presented by Mrs. Mavis Strange, 11 October 1958. Note: Free copy of J. Atkinson, ‘Sketches in Afghanistan’ (London, 1842), plate 5.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

5615. WD1340

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1340
Title:
Design for camouflaged cannon and ammunition magazine
Scope & Content:
Design for camouflaged cannon and ammunition magazine, c.1880. Water-colour; 16.75 by 53 ins. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

5616. WD1341

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1341
Title:
The old East India House, Leadenhall Street, London. Artist(s): Vertue, George (1684-1756)
Scope & Content:
The old East India House, Leadenhall Street, London. c.1711. Elevational drawing with perspective in depth. Inscribed on front in ink, most probably by Vertue: ‘The Front of India House, Leadenhall Street.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 17.75 by 12.25 ins. Presented by Sir William Foster, c.1920. N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1711
Extent:
1 Item

5617. WD1342

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1342
Title:
Coat of Arms of the Honourable East India Company. Also five small rubbings from the bindings of book
Scope & Content:
Coat of Arms of the Honourable East India Company. Also five small rubbings from the bindings of books depicting (1) the 'Old East India Company's' Arms; (2) the Honourable East India Company's Arms in 1745, (3) in 1786, (4) in 1825; (5) the Arms of Haileybury College. Inscribed on front in in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1900
Extent:
1 Item

5618. WD1343-1344

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1343-1344
Title:
EDWARDES COLLECTION. WD1343-1344 2 drawings by an unknown artist found amongst Sir Herbert Edwardes’s papers. Water-colour; 8.25 ...
Scope & Content:
EDWARDES COLLECTION --------------------- WD1343-1344 2 drawings by an unknown artist found amongst Sir Herbert Edwardes’s papers. Water-colour; 8.25 by 5 ins. Purchased together with Add.Or.746-747 from Mrs. R. Vandeleur, great-niece of Sir Herbert Edwardes, 26 October 1954.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1854-1856
Extent:
2 items

5619. WD1345-1346

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1345-1346
Title:
BROWNE, JAMES W. (fl. 1876) This is possibly Major J. Browne, an Executive Engineer of Public Works, stationed in Calcutta at this time. 2 drawings fr ...
Scope & Content:
BROWNE, JAMES W. (fl. 1876) This is possibly Major J. Browne, an Executive Engineer of Public Works, stationed in Calcutta at this time. 2 drawings from a sketch-book. Purchased 10 January 1959.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1875-1877
Extent:
2 items

5620. WD1348

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1348
Title:
'From Calcutta to Bombay (by B. I. steamer).' By: Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape views of locations along the Indian coast from Calcutta to Bombay, as well as at Aden and along the Red Sea coast. The watercolour drawings are rendered directly onto watercolour paper and captioned in ink, usually on the verso of the preceding...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1879-Jan 1880
Extent:
Album of 29 drawings of views along the Indian coast from Calcutta to Bombay, and of views in Bihar, Calcutta, Aden and Suez.

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