Four drawings of a Bass Drummer, Drummer, Pioneer and Infantryman
Scope & Content:
Four drawings of a Bass Drummer, Drummer, Pioneer and Infantryman. Inscribed on back: ‘Costumes. Enclosure in Letter from Major Taylor to Mr. Secretary Norris dated 14th October 1830. Recd. from the Foreign Office 16th May 1833.’
Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals.
Scope & Content:
Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals. They wear blue coats with red facings, breeches and tall blue caps in Grenadier fashion. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Smoking a Hookah. Both a floor-model and a hand-held model are depicted.
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Two males smoking hooka's. Both a floor-model and a hand-held model are depicted. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Smoking a Hookah.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Two men playing ‘pachisi’ while a musician plays a ‘vina’
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Two men playing ‘pachisi’ while a musician plays a ‘vina’ in a shaded courtyard. Inscribed: ‘Pachiss a Game of fife & twenty.’ and ‘A Native Muscian’ [sic]. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.