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6031. WD4239

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4239
Title:
Raja Tulyaji Bhonsle of Tanjore (1765-87)
Scope & Content:
Raja Tulyaji Bhonsle of Tanjore (1765-87). 1780. Inscribed on reverse panel: ‘Tulsajee Rajah of Tanjore 1780’. Water-colour; 6.5 by 5.5 cm, oval in a cruciform gilt frame. Purchased 1990. Note: Tulyaji, or Tulsajee as he was known by the British, ruler of Tanjore, was dethroned in 1773 by M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

6032. WD4240

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4240
Title:
The tents of the hostage sons of Tipu Sultan on the Island, Madras, with Fort St George beyond. Artist(s): Marriott, Thomas (c.1773-1847)
Scope & Content:
The tents of the hostage sons of Tipu Sultan on the Island, Madras, with Fort St. George beyond. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Fort St George SW View from the Island - the front Ground occupied by the Kannat of the Hostage Princes & their Encampment T.M. March 1794 No 7.’ Water-colour; 42.5 by 5...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 Item

6033. WD4242

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4242
Title:
The throne of Tipu Sultan in the Lal Mahal at Seringapatam, an arcade across the front supported by two pillars, and a Persian inscription above the arch. Behind the throne a green wall with central door and two barred windows. Artist(s): Marriott, Thomas (c.1773-1847)
Scope & Content:
The throne of Tipu Sultan in the Lal Mahal at Seringapatam, an arcade across the front supported by two pillars, and a Persian inscription above the arch. Behind the throne a green wall with central door and two barred windows. Vertical rows of red tiger stripes up the wall and pillars. Inscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1799
Extent:
1 Item

6034. WD4243

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4243
Title:
A busy animated scene in front of an official’s bungalow in Upper India. Beggars and petitioners confront three officials on the steps while the foreground is filled with figures talking, working and going about their business. Artist(s): MacLeod, George Edmonstone (1850-1910)
Scope & Content:
A busy animated scene in front of an official’s bungalow in Upper India. Beggars and petitioners confront three officials on the steps while the foreground is filled with figures talking, working and going about their business, including a group of strolling players with performing monkeys and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 Item

6035. WD4244-4247

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4244-4247
Title:
ARMSTRONG, JOHN ARTHUR (b.1840) Born Hemsworth, Yorkshire. Chatham Engineering College 1860. Bengal (Royal) Engineers. Arrived India 1862. Assista ...
Scope & Content:
ARMSTRONG, JOHN ARTHUR (b.1840) Born Hemsworth, Yorkshire. Chatham Engineering College 1860. Bengal (Royal) Engineers. Arrived India 1862. Assistant Field Engineer with Bhutan Expedition 1864-5; Hazara Expedition 1868, mentioned in despatches. Served with the PWD in the Punjab. ---------------...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1868
Extent:
4 items

6036. WD4248

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4248
Title:
Government House, Ganeshkhind, Poona with lawns and flowerbeds. Artist(s): Crichton, Mrs H.G. (fl. 1930s)
Scope & Content:
Government House, Ganeshkhind, Poona with lawns and flowerbeds. Inscribed: ‘H.G. Crichton’. On original labels: ‘This is to certify that this is the original work of Mrs. H.G. Crichton. Marjorie G.H. Scott. Mrs Crichton Government House Ganeshkhind’. Water-colour; 23.6 by 32.8 cm. Presente...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1928-1933
Extent:
1 Item

6037. WD4249

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4249
Title:
'Right of our Line of Battle at Hyderabad Sinde and on reverse: EFC'. Artist(s): Campbell, Edward Fitzgerald (1822-1882)
Scope & Content:
‘Right of our Line of Battle at Hyderabad Sinde’ and on reverse: ‘EFC’. Water-colour; 18.5 by 23.8 cm. Presented by Mr. R.R. Mercer 1991. Note: Campbell was not present at the Battle of Hyderabad, 1843, but as the view contains no reference to the military it was probably drawn as a commemora...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1843
Extent:
1 Item

6038. WD4251-4267

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4251-4267
Title:
JAMES, MARIANNE JANE (b.1805) Born India, fourth daughter of Frederick Reeves, Bombay Civil Service and his wife Catherine, while her father was Milit ...
Scope & Content:
JAMES, MARIANNE JANE (b.1805) Born India, fourth daughter of Frederick Reeves, Bombay Civil Service and his wife Catherine, while her father was Military Paymaster at Kanara. She married the Rev. John Thomas James, Vicar of Flitton-with-Silsoe, Bedfordshire, in November 1823. James was appointe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1828-1828
Extent:
17 items

6039. WD4269

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4269
Title:
Vale of Kashmir. Two palanquins, a horseman and bearers travelling along a road beside a river, forests beyond and snowy peaks in the distance. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
Two palanquins, a horseman and bearers travelling along a road beside a river, forests beyond and snowy peaks in the distance, 1863. Inscribed: ‘Vale of Cashmere Wm. Simpson. 1863’. Water-colour over pencil; 34.9 by 50.2 cm. Purchased 1992
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 Item

6040. WD4280(1-11)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4280(1-11)
Title:
Dane Collection Drawings connected with the family of Sir Louis Dane (1856-1946): (1-11) views of the West Indies by his grandson, Richard Dane. Artist(s): Dane, Richard Louis Hastings (d.1944)
Scope & Content:
Water-colours mostly of the West Indies, by Richard Louis Hastings Dane, grandson of Sir Louis Dane, Shropshire Light Infantry, killed in action 1944.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

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