CANNING, Lady CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1817-1861) Elder daughter of Sir Charles Stuart, later Lord Stuart de Rothesay and Lady Elizabeth, ‘née’ Yorke. Ma ...
Scope & Content:
CANNING, Lady CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1817-1861) Elder daughter of Sir Charles Stuart, later Lord Stuart de Rothesay and Lady Elizabeth, ‘née’ Yorke. Married the Hon. Charles John Canning 1835. Served as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria from 1842 until her husband’s appointment as Governor...
Inscribed on reverse: 'A rough sketch of Beaters in Bir grass'. Artist(s): Macrae, F.C. (fl. 1905)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on reverse: ‘A rough sketch of Beaters in Bir grass’ and signed: ‘FCM’ on front. Water-colour; 11.5 by 18.5cm. Presented by Commander I. Forbes DSC, with Photo 816, 1988.
Captain George Hutchins Bellasis (1807-1862), three quarter length, in uniform. Artist(s): Herve, C.S. (fl. 1828-1858)
Scope & Content:
Captain George Hutchins Bellasis (1807-1862), three quarter length, in uniform. Inscribed on label on reverse: ‘[H]ervé, Miniature Painter, 172 Oxford Street, London’. This inscription is damaged and has been overwritten. Also in a later hand: ‘Capt. George Hutchins Bellasis 24th Bombay NI ab...
Fort St George, Madras, with sepoys in the left foreground, and wounded soldiers outside the military hospital. Beyond to the left is the tomb of Dr Edward Bulkley, died 1714 and buried at the end of his own garden. The River Cooum is to the right. Ar
Scope & Content:
Fort St. George, Madras, with sepoys in the left foreground, and wounded soldiers outside the military hospital. Beyond to the left is the tomb of Dr. Edward Bulkley, died 1714 and buried at the end of his own garden. The River Cooum is to the right beyond the hospital. Inscribed: ‘Wst. View ...
Nawab Shuja al-Daula's palace at Lucknow. Wrongly inscribed: 'Ancient Palace of Emperors of Hindoostan at Lahore'.. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
Scope & Content:
The palace of Shuja‘ al-Daula at Lucknow, with the mosque of Asaf al-Daula’s Imambara behind, taken from across the river Gumti. c.1798. Inscribed (wrongly): ‘Ancient Palace of Emperors of Hindoostan at Lahore’. In Barton’s hand: ‘given to me by the Nawab Saadat Ali of Oudh’. Wash; 40.5 by 6...