COSLETT, R.G. (fl. 1808-27) Little is known about this artist, who exhibited miniatures and portraits at the Royal Academy between 1808 and 1827. He ...
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COSLETT, R.G. (fl. 1808-27) Little is known about this artist, who exhibited miniatures and portraits at the Royal Academy between 1808 and 1827. He is perhaps identical with the Roderick G. Coslett who entered the Royal Academy schools at the age of 17 in 1802. WD4524-4525 Portraits of Jacob...
Portrait of Isabella Cowles (1778-1852).. Artist(s): Coslett, R.G. (fl. 1808-27)
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Small half-length portrait of Isabella Cowles, née Jacob (1774-1850), seated looking directly at the viewer. She wears a blue dress with a high white lace collar. Family information provided by the donors indicates that she married her cousin Jacob Cowles in 1806. They had no children, but ad...
Jahangir's tomb at Shahdara. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
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Jahangir’s tomb at Shahdara, near Lahore, 1795. The view shows the minarets of the tomb rising above the trees. Pencil and grey wash, laid down on original mount with wide black frame; 354 by 536 mm (drawing), 36 by 56.5 cm (original mount). Inscribed in a cartouche below: ‘A Mangoe grove wi...
Three-quarter length portrait of an armed retainer 'Abdallah, his sword and knife attached by bandoliers, and carrying a handaxe.. Artist(s): Nash, Edward (1778-1821)
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Three-quarter length portrait of an armed retainer ‘Abdallah, his sword and knife attached by bandoliers, and carrying a handaxe. Pencil and watercolour; 160 by 118 mm. Signed lower right: ‘EN’; and inscribed on label pasted to reverse of original frame: ‘A Portrait of Abdulla a Mussulman ...
NASH, EDWARD (1778-1821) Miniature painter. Worked in Bombay from 1801 to 1810. Exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1811 and 1820, including some ...
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NASH, EDWARD (1778-1821) Miniature painter. Worked in Bombay from 1801 to 1810. Exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1811 and 1820, including some of his Indian subjects. His portrait of Jamsetji Bomanji, Master Ship-builder in the Bombay dockyard, was engraved by W. Haines and published in L...
Three-quarter length portrait of a Christian ayah carrying the child Marianne Reeves, afterwards James.. Artist(s): Nash, Edward (1778-1821)
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Three-quarter length portrait of a Christian ayah carrying the child Marianne Reeves. Pencil and watercolour; 155 by 116 mm. Signed lower right: ‘EN’; and inscribed on label pasted to reverse of original frame: ‘A portrait of my sister Marianne Mrs. James & 2ly Mrs. Knapp when a child ...
Landscape, trees and hill in the Nilgiri Hills.. Artist(s): Le Hardy, Charle Francis (1802-82)
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Landscape, trees and hill in the Nilgiri Hills.. Pencil; 190 by 230 mm. Inscribed below: ‘View from the Bungalow at Eramuttoon taken 12th September 1829’
LE HARDY, CHARLES FRANCIS (1802-82) Born in Jersey, the son of Charles Le Hardy (1769-1815), Lt. Col. in the Jersey Militia and Advocate in the Jersey ...
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LE HARDY, CHARLES FRANCIS (1802-82) Born in Jersey, the son of Charles Le Hardy (1769-1815), Lt. Col. in the Jersey Militia and Advocate in the Jersey courts and his wife Elizabeth née Couteur. Madras Army 1821 (14th MNI), Lieut. 1824, Captain 1837, Major 1846, retired as Lt. Col. 1853. In 1829...