Collection Area: Visual Arts / Subject: Occupations - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4544
Title:: A furnished drawing room and dining room in a British home at Chingleput. A lady is seated in the foreground and a servant is in the background. Signed 'W.B.H. March 1866'. On the reverse there is a sketch of a punkah and a description of its operation. Artist(s): Higgins, W. B.
Scope & Content:: The drawing room and dining room of the Phillips’ home at Chingleput, Madras. On the back there is a drawing and description of how a punkah is operated. Signed and dated ‘W.B.H. March 1866’. Pencil and watercolour; 9 ¼ by 9 inches. Inscribed on the back, ‘The Drawing and Dining Rooms Chinglep...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1866
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4566
Title:: Standing Indian female figure, a temple dancer. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:: Study of a full length Indian female figure, a temple dancer, posed with her head resting in her left hand. In the upper right hand corner, there is a detail of the design of the dancer's bracelet. The artist's comments on the clothing and jewellery are visible. Pencil; 20.8 x 14.1 cm Presente...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1792-93
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4568
Title:: Standing Indian female figure, a temple dancer. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:: Study of a full length Indian female temple dancer wearing a sari. Positioned facing away from the viewer. The artist's comments on the clothing is visible. Pencil;24.0 x 17.4 cm Presented to the British Library in 2006.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1792-93
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4572
Title:: A nautch at Tinnevelly. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) and Daniell, William (1769-1837).
Scope & Content:: Pencil on paper 181 x 318 mm Inscribed: 'musicians' and '6 women dancers' and further inscribed 'Sundown Tinivelly District.' Group of Europeans watching a nautch. The figure seated on the left may be Benjamin Torin, a collector in Tinnevelly. The Daniells spent a month in Tinnevelly in 1792 ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1792
Extent:: 1 Item

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