A handsomely furnished drawing-room, with windows looking out over palm trees to the sea beyond, Bombay
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A handsomely furnished drawing-room, with windows looking out over palm trees to the sea beyond. Inscribed on label on back of original mount: ‘Drawing room in our Grand-father’s - General F.W. Marriott’s House in Bombay about 1857’. Water-colour; 29 by 42.5 cm.
MARRIOTT COLLECTION. Lieutenant-General William Frederick Marriott was born in Holborn, son of George Wharton Marriott and his wife Anne Selina. Cade ...
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MARRIOTT COLLECTION. Lieutenant-General William Frederick Marriott was born in Holborn, son of George Wharton Marriott and his wife Anne Selina. Cadet, Bombay Engineers, 1834; attended Royal Engineers Establishment, Chatham 1837. Arrived in India 1838; Lieutenant 1846; Captain 1854; Lieutenant-...
Half-length portrait of Sophia Isabella Marriott, sister of General Marriott, wearing a gold silk dress, black veil and mourning brooch
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Half-length portrait of Sophia Isabella Marriott, sister of General Marriott, wearing a gold silk dress, black veil and mourning brooch. Inscribed on label on back of original mount: ‘My Great Aunt (Sophia Isabella Marriott) daughter of George Wharton Marriott, B.C. of Inner Temple’, and on rev...
Three heads of Javanese men, by Thomas Daniell. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
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Three heads of Javanese men, by Thomas Daniell. Probably 1785. Pencil; 15.8 by 21.2 cm. Note: Possibly studies used for ‘Malays of Java’, W. and T. Daniell, ‘Picturesque voyage to India’, London, 1810 plates 15 and 18. Purchased 1993.
Standing figure in pink tunic and red sash, wearing large tubulur ear-rings. Inscribed 'Rajah of Chedubah. W.D.'. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Standing figure in pink tunic and red sash, wearing large tubulur ear-rings. By William Daniell. 1795-1800. Inscribed: ‘Rajah of Chedubah, WD’. Water-colour; 30.3 by 20 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: Chedubah is an island off the coast of Burma, also called Foul Island from its evil-smelling vol...
The house at Cisarua occupied in 1814 by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills.
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Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills. 1814. Inscribed: ‘The House of Cisoroa. Dec 1814’. Pencil; 21 by 24.7 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: This house at Cisarua was used by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. The drawing is the only known view of the house.
Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album with paper covers. Cover inscribed: 'Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity'. Some show the same subjects as Sir Charles D’Oyly’s 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs', London, 1848. Artist(s): Wh
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Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album (ff.1-24) with paper covers. Album 55 by 37.5 cm. Cover inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity - by Coll. G.F. White’. Notes on some of the Calcutta drawings suggest White had the preparation of a ...
Drawings laid down in an album with paper covers inscribed: 'Unfinished Sepia Sketches R. Ganges, Calcutta & other parts of India'. As in WD4304 some of the drawings shed light on D’Oyly’s 'Views of Calcutta'. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Drawings laid down in an album (ff.1-24) with paper covers inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Unfinished Sepia Sketches R. Ganges, Calcutta & other parts of India by Col. G.F. White’. Album 54 by 33 cm. The collection can be dated to 1842 by the inscription on the frontispiece drawing. As in WD43...