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5701. WD2357-2369

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2357-2369
Title:
GRANT, DUNCAN JAMES CORROWR (1885-1978) Artist. Son of Major Bartle Grant (British Army, 8th Hussars) and Ethel Grant (née McNeil, see entry under A. ...
Scope & Content:
GRANT, DUNCAN JAMES CORROWR (1885-1978) Artist. Son of Major Bartle Grant (British Army, 8th Hussars) and Ethel Grant (née McNeil, see entry under A.F.P. Harcourt). Major Bartle Grant was a son of Sir John Peter Grant and brother of Lady Strachey (see Strachey Collection). Duncan Grant studied ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899-1901
Extent:
13 items

5702. WD2370

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2370
Title:
Tomb of Itibar Khan Nazir, Delhi
Scope & Content:
Tomb of Itibar Khan Nazir, Delhi. c.1795. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Tomb of Gauzy Etybur Chaun Nazir to Ackbar’; on back in ink ditto and: ‘No. 3.’ Water-colour; 13 by 19 ins. Cirumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Note: Itibar Khan Nazir (originally named Khwaja Ambar) was a eunuch and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1795
Extent:
1 Item

5703. WD2371-2379

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2371-2379
Title:
BADEN-POWELL, BADEN HENRY (1841-1901) Indian Civil Service, Punjab, 1861-89. In the course of his service Baden-Powell was posted to Jullundur, Sialk ...
Scope & Content:
BADEN-POWELL, BADEN HENRY (1841-1901) Indian Civil Service, Punjab, 1861-89. In the course of his service Baden-Powell was posted to Jullundur, Sialkot, Lahore, Ambala and Rawalpindi. Indian Forest Department 1869-74; special duty, Madras 1880-81. After his retirement he was employed fora short...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1889
Extent:
9 items

5704. WD2380-2383

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2380-2383
Title:
WD2380-2383 4 drawings of Mysore hill forts. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. ...
Scope & Content:
WD2380-2383 4 drawings of Mysore hill forts. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1800
Extent:
4 items

5705. WD2384

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2384
Title:
The Carnatic, East Indiaman. c.1800. A group of sailing ships in the Downs, the Carnatic being the central vessel
Scope & Content:
The ‘Carnatic’, East Indiaman. c.1800. A group of sailing ships in the Downs, the ‘Carnatic’ being the central vessel. Water-colour; 18 by 24.25 ins. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Note: For logs of the ‘Carnatic’s’ voyages see Ships’ Logs, 1702-1856, India Office Records (L/MAR/B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

5706. WD2385

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2385
Title:
Marquis Wellesley, mounted on a white horse, accompanied by officers in red uniforms, reviewing his bodyguard at Ballygunge, near Calcutta. Coat of arms on mount. July 1805. Artist(s): Pichon, Jean-Jacques (fl. 1780-1805)
Scope & Content:
Marquess Wellesley, mounted on a white horse, accompanied by officers in red uniforms, reviewing his bodyguard at Ballygunge, near Calcutta. In the middle of the parade ground is a Union Jack; on either side thatched cantonments. Coat of arms on mount. July 1805. Inscribed on mount in formal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 Item

5707. WD2386

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2386
Title:
European bungalow, probably in Bengal, with raised veranda and Ionic columns; two European ladies with children strolling in the open compound, three Indians in the foreground
Scope & Content:
European bungalow, probably in Bengal, with raised veranda and Ionic columns; two European ladies with children strolling in the open compound, three Indians in the foreground. Drawn c.1815. Water-colour; 11.5 by 18 ins. Presented by J.C. Lyell, October 1921. Foster Catalogue no.212.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

5708. WD2387

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2387
Title:
View of Bombay, looking over Back Bay, taken from the north end of Malabar Hill. Palm trees, with Indian family and hut in foreground
Scope & Content:
View of Bombay, looking over Back Bay, taken from the north end of Malabar Hill. Palm trees, with Indian family and hut in foreground. 1823. Inscribed on back: ‘This water colour picture of Bombay was painted by a lady artist in 1823 for my Father William Page Ashburner then a member of Forbes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1823
Extent:
1 Item

5709. WD2388

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2388
Title:
The cantonment, Wellington, Nilgiri Hills
Scope & Content:
The cantonment, Wellington, Nilgiri Hills, c.1860. Inscribed on mount: ‘Wellington Barracks, Nelson Hills, India.’ Water-colour; 8.5 by 13 ins. Purchased October 1923. Note: The cantonment was built in 1857. Foster Catalogue, no 211.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

5710. WD2389

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2389
Title:
The Towers of Silence, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The Towers of Silence, Bombay, c.1880. Landscape showing the Towers of Silence, on which the Parsees expose their dead; sea in the background. Inscribed: ‘Tower of Silence.’ Water-colour; 14.5 by 21.5 ins. Purchased 1921. Foster Catalogue, no.166.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

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