Malabari men and women engaged in various processes of cotton weaving, apparently in Malta.. Artist(s): Tresham, Henry (1750-1814)
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Men and women engaged in various processes of cotton weaving. Inscribed in a painted trompe l’oeil panel: ‘MALTA - Indians from the Coast of MALABAR. Brought over by Admiral Suffren’.
A group of Malabari men, women and children sitting and standing outside a building near the sea. Artist(s): Tresham, Henry (1750-1814)
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A group of men, women and children sitting and standing outside a building near the sea. Note: Admiral Pierre Andre de Suffren (1726-88) fought four indecisive naval battles against Admiral Sir Edward Hughes during the Mysore Wars and returned to France after the Treaty of Paris in 1783, arrivi...
Government House, Calcutta, from Esplanade Row showing the S.E. gateway, the wings on either side of the main south front and spars of shipping on the Hooghly at Chandalpat ghat beyond. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
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Government House, Calcutta, from Esplanade Row showing the S.E. gateway, the wings on either side of the main south front and spars of shipping on the Hooghly at Chandalpat ghat beyond. A domed sentry box stands in the foreground on the Maidan side of the Course. 23 by 33 cm. Purchased. 1984.
Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid, inscribed Benares.. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
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Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid. Inscribed: ‘Benares 1820. JP’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 12.5 by 20 cm Purchased 1982.
St Peter’s Church, Fort William, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
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St Peter’s Church, Fort William. Inscribed on original mount: ‘New Gothic Church in the Centre of Fort William, built by Capt Hutchinson-viewed from the flatstaff Bastion. Tumbrils & gun carriages laid out for inspection Gov. General’s house in case of siege. Shot yard-ordnance’. 23 by 3...
Album of watercolours, lithographs and engravings, some by D’Oyly and his circle, others probably by members of the Macnabb family. The Italian views may be connected with D’Oyly’s retirement to Italy 1838-45. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845
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Album (ff.1-60) of water-colours, lithographs and engravings, some by D’Oyly and his circle, others probably by members of the Macnabb family. Other named artists include Thomas Prinsep, Thomas D'Oyly, Lady D'Oyly, William Murray, and Christopher Webb Smith. The album also includes (ff.1-5) fi...
Album of 57 views and animal studies in pen and ink and pencil with a number of prints. The latter include early experiments with lithography, two on paper watermarked 1820 and one 1822. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
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Album (ff.1-58) of views and animal studies in pen and ink and pencil with a number of prints. The latter include early experiments with lithography, two on paper watermarked 1820 and one 1822. D’Oyly did not set up his own Behar Amateur Lithographic Press in Patna until 1828; T. Black’s Asiat...
Half-length portrait vignette. Marmaduke Williamson Browne (1776-1833), Bengal Artillery. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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Marmaduke Williamson Browne (1776-1833), Bengal Artillery. Inscribed: ‘Marmaduke Brown’. 11.4 by 10.6 cm Note: In Calcutta 1809-22, then returned to England.
