One of five sketch books containing small watercolours and pencil drawings. Some are of India and Kashmir, others of holidays in Britain and Europe. Artist(s): Chitty, Helen Mary (fl. 1889-1935)
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One of five sketch books containing small watercolours and pencil drawings. Some are of India and Kashmir, others of holidays in Britain and Europe.. Artist(s): Chitty, Helen Mary (fl. 1889-1935)
Album of 79 miscellaneous drawings in the southern Deccan, including Vijayanagar, Bellary, Kurnool etc. Artist(s): Morant, James (1809-1858)
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Album (ff.1-62), cover stamped: ‘Scrap book’, tinted pages with drawings laid down. Drawings dated between 1851 and 1856 mounted in no particular order. Inscriptions on album pages in another hand repeating Morant’s own inscriptions on reverse of drawings where visible. Various media; album s...
Album of 79 miscellaneous drawings in the southern Deccan, including Vijayanagar, Bellary, Kurnool etc. Artist(s): Morant, James (1809-1858)
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Drawings dated between 1851 and 1856 mounted in no particular order. Inscriptions on album pages in another hand repeating Morant’s own inscriptions on reverse of drawings where visible.Various media; album size 30 by 23.5 cm.Purchased 1986.f.1v Gateway at Vijayanagar.Water-colour.f.2 Gateway to ...
Arrival of Lord Canning at Lahore, February 1860, with the fort, Ranjit Singh’s memorial and the Badshahi mosque in the distance. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
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Arrival of Lord Canning at Lahore, February 1860, with the fort, Ranjit Singh’s memorial and the Badshahi mosque in the distance, see ‘Autobiography’, pp.107-8. Water-colour heightened with white; 34.3 by 46 cm. Purchased 1987. Note: L.B. Bowring, Private Secretary to Lord Canning, describes ...
Album of drawings made in 1833 while Phillips was a supernumerary Second-Lieutenant at Dum Dum. Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca. Artist(s): Phillips, Joseph Scott (1812-1884)
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Album of drawings (ff.1-46) made in 1833 while Phillips was a supernumerary Second-Lieutenant at Dum Dum. Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca, in pencil or water-colour, a few removed, leaving inscriptions. Most of the temples he drew on the trip are no longer ex...
Album of drawings (ff.1-46) made in 1833 while Phillips was a supernumerary Second-Lieutenant at Dum Dum. Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca, in pencil or water-colour, a few removed, leaving inscriptions. Most of the temples he drew on the trip are no longer extant.
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Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca, in pencil or water-colour, a few removed, leaving inscriptions. Most of the temples he drew on the trip are no longer extant.