An elevation and plan of the hill-fort of Savandurga, showing the gun-batteries and the storming route of the attack of 21 December 1791
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An elevation and plan of the hill-fort of Savandurga, showing the gun-batteries and the storming route of the attack of 21 December 1791. Inscribed: ‘Severndroog’ together with a detailed account of battery positions and firing lines, and of the storming. Pen and ink with water-colour; 26.2 by...
A caparisoned horse, and syce. Inscribed: ‘A. embroidery the same as the saddle B. Wild bulls tails C. Silver chain. Sepoys coat to be purple with white spots. Breeches white’. Water-colour; 20.3 by 32.2 cm.
Album of 40 views and portraits. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
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Views and portraits c.1820, laid down on tinted paper in an album (ff.1-40). Besides D'Oyly, other named artists include John Luard, Alexander Lindsay, K.M. Campbell, Lady D'Oyly, Jai Ram Das and Sita Ram. Inscribed inside front cover: ‘Album belonging once to James Monro Macnabb and containin...
Commonplace book containing poems, watercolours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson and Shiv Dayal. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
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Commonplace book (ff.1-136) containing poems, water-colours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson, Jai Ram Das and Shiv Dayal. A few pages have an 1814 watermark but the album appears to have been compiled between 181...
A small two storey house with outbuildings, surrounded by trees. Artist(s): Elliot, Lady Harriet Mary Frances (d. 1825)
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A small two storey house with outbuildings, surrounded by trees. Inscribed: ‘H.E. August 1814’ and on reverse: ‘View in India by Ly. Harriet Elliot No.2’. Water-colour; 14 by 20.5 cm. Purchased 1986. Note: The drawing was made after her return to England.
The Teppakulam tank and mandapam at the foot of the west side of the Golden Rock at Trichinopoly. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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The Teppakulam tank and ‘mandapam’ at the foot of the west side of the Golden Rock at Trichinopoly. Inscribed: ‘South view of Trichinopoly Tank. E. Trapaud 1785’. Water-colour; 25 by 47 cm with wash borders. Presented by Mr. N. Hobhouse, 1986. Note: The ‘mandapam’ appears damaged in the dra...
An avadhuta, an ascetic standing before his hut, his wife and child nearby. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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An ‘avadhuta’, an ascetic standing before his hut, his wife and child nearby. Inscribed: ‘An Ab’dhoot’. Water-colour; 37.5 by 25.5 cm. Note: See Section 7, no.5 of ‘The Hindoos’, a mirror image of this drawing.
A sloop with furled sails on the Hooghly. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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A sloop with furled sails on the Hooghly. Inscribed: ‘A Sloop, Lth 60th Btn 18, B. Solvyns Section 9 No.3’. Water-colour; 37.3 by 25 cm. Note: See Section 9, no.3 of ‘The Hindoos’. The sloop was used in a waterfront scene by one of Solvyns’ Indian assistants, see Add.Or.4307.