'Garden House of Mr Trinks the Music Master near Calcutta'. Artist(s): Cornish, Hubert (1757-1823)
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‘Garden House of Mr Trinks the Music Master near Calcutta’. Water-colour; 26.8 by 41.7 cm. Purchased 1992. Note: Charles Trinks (c.1750-1813) Music Master and organist of St. John’s Church, Calcutta.
Sketch map of the Barna river from Garstin’s bridge to the Old Fort, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
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Sketch map of the Barna river from Garstin’s bridge to the Old Fort. Inscribed: ‘Part of the Burna Nala survey in Janry. 1824 by James Prinsep’, with scale and main places identified. Pen and ink and wash; 31 by 82 cm.
St George’s Cathedral, Madras, with carriages arriving at the door. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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St George’s Cathedral, Madras, with carriages arriving at the door. 1849 Inscribed: ‘Just. Gantz Madras 1849’ and on reverse: ‘St George’s Cathedral. Madras 1849 JG’. Water-colour; 20.2 by 30 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: The Cathedral was built by Thomas Fiott De Havilland (1775-1866), Madras...
Tomb at Jahanabad, near Daranagar, 25 March 1789... Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Tomb at Jahanabad near Daranagar, 25 March 1789. Inscribed on the drawing: ‘Daranagur Gaut’. Wash over pencil; 23.3 by 29.2 cm. Provenance: Collection of Sir Henry Russell. Purchased 1993. Note: William Daniell refers to this building in his entry for 25 March 1789 as a mosque, but it is in...
Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond, c.1830. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Red Hills. The Country Retreat of Mr James Taylor - Public Functionary’. Water-colour in wash borders; 28.2 by 38.2 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: James Taylor, Madras Civil Service 1795...
