Small sketchbook containing views, figure and animal studies. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
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Small sketchbook (ff.1-39) containing views, figure and animal studies, 1859-60. Pencil and water-colour with some colour notes; album 10.6 by 15.5 cm, rebound. Purchased 1985. f.1 ‘Hills at Topechancee from the east nr. Domree. 23rd Dec. 1859. Parianaht’, see: G. Eyre-Todd (Ed.) ‘Autobio...
The north-west front of Government House Calcutta from Hastings Street, the fort in the far distance. A carriage and pair and a palanquin in the foreground. Artist(s): Schetky, John Christian (1778-1874)
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The north-west front of Government House Calcutta from Hastings Street, the fort in the far distance. A carriage and pair and a palanquin in the foreground, c.1855. Water-colour; 17 by 24 cm. Purchased 1985. Note: Government House is without the statue of Britannia placed on top of the dome ...
A Chinese boatman and two studies of hands holding an oar. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
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A Chinese boatman and two studies of hands holding an oar. Inscribed in shorthand and ‘March 12 1845’ on reverse. Pen and sepia ink over pencil; 8 by 13 cm. Purchased 1985.
A plan showing the battle on the 15th May 1791, outside Seringapatam, during Lord Cornwallis’s first attempt to capture it
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A plan showing the battle on the 15th May 1791, outside Seringapatam, during Lord Cornwallis’s first attempt to capture it. Inscribed: ‘the Action of the 15 of May’. Pencil; 33.4 by 41.6 cm.
A view of a fort flying the Union flag, by a river
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A view of a fort flying the Union-flag, by a river. Inscribed: ‘View from the One Gun Battery’. Pen and ink with wash; 23 by 42.8 cm. Note: Possibly Kunigal fort.