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The River Jumna at Agra from the Fort. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f. 32 Birds-eye view of River Jumna from Agra Fort with the bridge of boats in the distance. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Agra’. Below: ‘No.33. The River Jumna at Agra from the Fort’.
Sketch in the Ruins of Old Delhi. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f. 33 View of Firoz Shah’s pillar with Delhi beyond, ruined tombs with vultures, a pariah dog and an adjutant bird in the foreground. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Scene amongst the ruins of old Dhelee with the lat of Firoze and the present city of New Dhelee in the distance’. Below: ‘No.34. Sketch in t...
Mussoorie a Hill Station Hymalayas. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f. 34 Distant view of Mussoorie. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Mussorie, Hill Station. Distant peaks are the snowy range, Hymalayas’. Below: ‘No.35. Mussoorie a Hill Station Hymalayas’.
Sketch Made on the Line of March. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f. 35 A European rests on some steps while his horse is watered. Inscribed on reverse: ‘These are lot of scribbled ideas done on the line of march with the first thing that came to hand and just whatever was before me’. Below: ‘No.36. Sketch made on the line of march’.
[A Group of Thugs with Indian Court Officials]. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f. 36 Inscribed on reverse: ‘Reajah hasim Khan - Sudda Ameer - Isman Khan - Head jemadar of the thugs - Kaliasdad - Gowla - a thug Seapoy - 1851’, and identified with notes below: "1. The Chief of all the Gangs of Thugs in India - a Madras man - now dead. 2. His Henchman - a Milkman famous for hi...
CWC’s Servant Chatty. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f. 37 Seated man with multicoloured turban. Inscribed: ‘Master Chatty CWC 1846’. Below: ‘CWC’s servant Chatty. The only native of C’s party who survived the Cholera which broke out on their march between Bellary and Belgaum in May 1845. No.41’.
Ornamental Hindoo Pillar. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f. 37 Carved pillar, Kalyan Mandapa, Vellore. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The pillar of a Hindu temple. Pedestal and Capital grey granite. Figure green syenite (I think). This is rather a simple ornamented pillar and therefore you may form some idea what a highly finished one must be. Generally speaki...
