River scene near Canton, a junk in the foreground. Artist(s): Abbott, Captain (fl. 1816-1817)
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River scene near Canton, a junk in the foreground. Inscribed on reverse: ‘View by Capt. Abbott on the river, near Canton’. Pencil; 18 by 23.5 cm. Provenance: deposited on permanent loan by the 5th Earl of Amherst, M.C., together with Add.Or.2538-2540, WD2966, P1743, and Mss Eur F140; purchas...
Album of miscellaneous drawings in India. Artist(s): Vesey, George Francis (1839-1899)
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Painted monogram on flyleaf. f.1a ‘Cohamul: The swell tailor of Dinapore and the greatest rogue. Augt. 2d 1859’. Pencil; 17.8 by 12.5 cm. f.1b ‘Old Cyclops our bootmaker Bankipore Sept. 29-/59’. Pencil; 17.8 by 25.4 cm. f.2 ‘Tartars from Tibet Jan 30/60 Dinapore’. ...
VESEY, GEORGE FRANCIS (1839-1899) British Army. Ensign, HM 19th Foot 1858; Lieutenant 1858; Captain 1866; Brevet-Major 43rd Foot 1878; Major 1881 whe ...
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VESEY, GEORGE FRANCIS (1839-1899) British Army. Ensign, HM 19th Foot 1858; Lieutenant 1858; Captain 1866; Brevet-Major 43rd Foot 1878; Major 1881 when his regiment amalgamated with HM 52nd Light Infantry to form Oxfordshire Light Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel 1885; Colonel 1887. Spent three peri...
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of a polo team, wearing striped jerseys and seated and standing in the courtyard of a large, unidentified building; with syces holding the ponies in the background.
The Dagon Pagodah [Shwe Dagon Pagoda] Rangoon. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the roadway towards one of the covered flights of steps leading up to the temple platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, with the main pagoda tower (see f. 21), partially visible in the background.