Cameo portrait to right in grisaille of John Herbert Harington, Bengal Civil Service. Signed and dated by Samuel Andrews, Calcutta, 1803. Artist(s): Andrews, Samuel (1767-1807)
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Cameo portrait to right in grisaille of John Herbert Harington (1764-1828), Bengal Civil Service,1803. Signed and dated: ‘S. Andrews Calcutta 1803.’ In ink inside case lid: ‘John Harrington’ [sic] ‘Esq Bengal Civil Service.’ Written by an unknown hand on a piece of brown paper within the case:...
Javanese man in court dress. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Figure study of a standing Javanese nobleman in court dress. By William Daniell. 1785-c.1817. Pencil; 20.5 by 13.5 cm. Purchased 1997. Note: A preliminary drawing for William Daniell’s coloured aquatint ‘A Javan in the Court Dress’, published in Sir T. Stamford Raffles’ ‘History of Java’ ...
46 drawings of Indian sports.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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46 drawings of Indian sports in sepia ink on thin paper normally folded, with drawings on both sides in album format. c.1810-13. Inscribed where noted by D’Oyly, with additional titles taken from the corresponding subjects in WD4440(2). Four of the drawings (ff.22-23) have no correspondence i...
58 proof engravings by John Landseer of D’Oyly’s Indian sports series WD4440(1), plus one original Chinnery drawing of a hunting scene.. Artist(s): Landseer, John (1769-1852) after D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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58 proof engravings by John Landseer of D’Oyly’s Indian sports series, plus one original Chinnery drawing. 1814-15. Engravings laid down on both sides of folios forming a small album. Album pages of laid paper watermarked ‘...IPPS’ with a crowned shield design, some (numbered between 19 and 4...
21 drawings of Indian sports on tracing paper, taken from the subjects of D'Oyly's albums WD4405-4406.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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21 drawings of Indian sports in pencil on brown tracing paper, some simply tracings, others more worked up, taken from (or from a further series of exemplars of) the corresponding subjects in WD4405 and 4406, two albums of water-colours of Indian sports presented by D’Oyly to Lady Hastings appar...
Cameo portrait to right in grisaille of an unknown lady. Signed by Samuel Andrews, Calcutta 1802. Artist(s): Andrews, Samuel (1767-1807)
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Cameo portrait in grisaille of a lady in profile facing right, 1802. Signed and dated: ‘S. Andrews Calcutta 1802.’ Gouache on card; oval, 90 by 72 mm, in a rectangular wooden frame 145 by 123 mm. Purchased 1996.
A Shan girl, facing the viewer, a large colourful turban cloth round her head. Water-colour; 34 by 24 cm. Inscribed below previously: ‘Shan Girl - Pangyang tour.’
Lahu girl, wearing large earrings and many bead necklaces.. Artist(s): Molloy, Sylvia (b.1914)
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A Lahu girl. She wears a black cap over her hair, large bamboo cylindrical earrings with silver pendants, and bead and other necklaces. April 1941. Water-colour; 29 by 23 cm. Inscribed below: ‘Lahu Girl - Pangyang tour.’
