Temple festival. Inscribed on reverse: 'Both sides - procession of the God. Nanganeri, Tinnevelly, 1931'. Artist(s): Maher, Anne Teresa Prideaux (b. 1906)
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Temple festival. Inscribed: ‘A.T.P. Payne 1932’ and on reverse: ‘Both sides - procession of the God. Nanganeri, Tinnevelly, 1931. This is the god’s car’. Water-colour and chalk; 40 by 29.3 cm.
Inscribed on reverse: 'Rabindranath Tagore as I saw him at Vizianagram. Done from memory just afterwards. Anne Maher'. Artist(s): Maher, Anne Teresa Prideaux (b. 1906)
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Seated portrait of Rabindranath Tagore. Inscribed: ‘Anne Maher’ and on reverse: ‘Rabindranath Tagore as I saw him at Vizianagram. Done from memory just afterwards. Anne Maher’. Water-colour and bodycolour; 28.5 by 39 cm.
Inscribed on reverse: 'Ram Maharaj talking to me about God in Boshi Sen’s house. Sadhu’s cap. Bedsocks knitted in New York. Almora 1940'. Artist(s): Maher, Anne Teresa Prideaux (b. 1906)
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Inscribed: ‘Anne Maher’ and on reverse: ‘Ram Maharaj talking to me about God in Boshi Sen’s house. Sadhu’s cap. Bedsocks knitted in New York. Almora 1940’. Pencil; 35.5 by 23.2 cm. Note: Anne Maher was staying at this time in Naini Tal where her daughter was at the Hallett War School. Ram ...
A group of men, women and children, Madras. Artist(s): Hunter, Alexander (b. 1816)
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A group of men, women and children. Inscribed: ‘Sketch at Vepery. A Hunter. Moothee Veerum. Maitree. Rannoochetty. Cloth Mercht’. On reverse: ‘Sketch near the Scotch Church at the gate of the Eye Infirmary. A.H. Madras 1856’. Pen and ink and water-colour over pencil; 14.8 by 22.8 cm. ...
Kinchinjunga, Eastern Himalayas. Inscribed: ‘Kangchenjunga, Randolph Holmes, 1946’. Oil on paper; 41.5 by 51.5 cm. Presented by Dr. M.L. Smith, 1977. Note: See R.B. Holmes ‘Between the Indus and the Ganges rivers, souvenir of the Royal visit to India and Pakistan’, Bristol, 1961, p.9.
Sketch book of places visited during the voyage from England to China on board the ‘Proserpine’. Artist(s): Knapp, James Michael (1814-1868)
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Sketch book (ff.1-17; pages numbered 25-41) of places visited during the voyage from England to China on board the ‘Proserpine’. Inscribed with titles, initials and dates. Pencil heightened with white on tinted paper; album 18.5 by 26.5 cm. Purchased 1977. f.1 ‘Madagascar Channel, Johanna ...