LE HARDY, CHARLES FRANCIS (1802-82) Born in Jersey, the son of Charles Le Hardy (1769-1815), Lt. Col. in the Jersey Militia and Advocate in the Jersey ...
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LE HARDY, CHARLES FRANCIS (1802-82) Born in Jersey, the son of Charles Le Hardy (1769-1815), Lt. Col. in the Jersey Militia and Advocate in the Jersey courts and his wife Elizabeth née Couteur. Madras Army 1821 (14th MNI), Lieut. 1824, Captain 1837, Major 1846, retired as Lt. Col. 1853. In 1829...
A female kudu. Artist(s): Daniell, Samuel (1775-1811)
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A female kudu, c. 1801. Pencil; 187 by 206 mm. Inscribed: ‘Female Koodoo’ upper right, and again lower right, and ‘Daniell’ lower left. Also ‘Samuel Daniell. Female Koodoo’ on a detached piece of paper stuck to backing board. Provenance: Iolo A. Williams. Purchased March 2005. This i...
Sketch map of Calcutta and areas to the south. Artist(s): Colebrooke, Robert Hyde (1762-1808)
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Plan of areas near Calcutta to the south of Kidderpore and Garden Reach. 1780s. Inscribed with 18th Century place names and two lengthy inscriptions describing a survey. Note: Throughout the 1780s Colebrooke conducted surveys in Bengal. The dockyards at Kidderpore were built between 1780 and ...
The East India Company's silk factory at Khumarkhali
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Architectural plans and elevations of the East India Company’s silk factory at Khumarkali, 1773, signed by ‘T.B.’ Pen and ink over traces of pencil; 16 by 24 ¼ inches. Inscribed, ‘Plans, Elevations and sections of the Filature at Comercolly with its Appertenances. 1773’. Further inscriptio...
A furnished drawing room and dining room in a British home at Chingleput. A lady is seated in the foreground and a servant is in the background. Signed 'W.B.H. March 1866'. On the reverse there is a sketch of a punkah and a description of its operation. Artist(s): Higgins, W. B.
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The drawing room and dining room of the Phillips’ home at Chingleput, Madras. On the back there is a drawing and description of how a punkah is operated. Signed and dated ‘W.B.H. March 1866’. Pencil and watercolour; 9 ¼ by 9 inches. Inscribed on the back, ‘The Drawing and Dining Rooms Chinglep...
Album of portraits, autographs, drawings and riddles assembled by an anonymous British resident of Madras Presidency in the 1830s - 40s.
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Album of portraits, autographs, topographical views, drawings and riddles assembled by an anonymous British resident of Madras Presidency in the 1830s - 40s. 68 pages. 125 portrait sketches, many identified with ink captions. Some of the sitters include: Miss Blake (f.3), Captain Fowler and Mrs....