Half-length portrait of Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (1785-1846), 3rd Baronet and 1st Baron Metcalfe, the second son of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, seated facing right
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Half-length portrait of Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (1785-1846), 3rd Baronet and 1st Baron Metcalfe, the second son of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, seated facing right, c.1836. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Miss Denning’, and in pencil in a different hand: ‘May-1845, Montreal’. Ivory miniature in origina...
Three-quarter length portrait of Emily Theophila, Viscountess Ashbrook (1791-1885), elder daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, the 1st Baronet. Seated, and resting her arm on a table, she wears a black lace cap and shawl
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Three-quarter length portrait of Emily Theophila, Viscountess Ashbrook (1791-1885), elder daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, the 1st Baronet. Seated, and resting her arm on a table, she wears a black lace cap and shawl, c.1830. Pastel; 46 by 30.7 cm.
Full length standing portrait of Rt. Hon. Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902). Artist(s): Pip, pseud. (fl. 1900)
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Full length standing portrait of Rt. Hon. Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902). Bodycolour; 54 by 37.4 cm. Presented by Miss A. Wright, 1978, inherited from her brother-in-law Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, 7th Baronet.
St. Helena. Mountainous landscape with single storied buildings in the distance. Artist(s): Cornish, Hubert (1757-1823)
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Mountainous landscape with single storied buildings in the distance. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Mr Kennedy’s House and Lot in St Helena’. Water-colour; 37 by 52 cm. Purchased 1978. Note: The drawing must have been made on the return voyage on the ‘Britannia’, which stopped at St. Helena between ...
'East India House. Leadenhall Street 1711'. Artist(s): Vertue, George (1684-1756), after
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‘East India House. Leadenhall Street 1711’. Pencil; 36.8 by 26.7 cm. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Note: This drawing is a tracing of WD1341.
Bungalow with pillared portico beside a river. Artist(s): Dyce, Charles Andrew (1816-1853)
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Bungalow with pillared portico beside a river. Inscribed: ‘Sook Saugor, Oct. 1839’. Water-colour; 24.4 by 27.8 cm. Purchased 1979. Note: The Governor-General had a country house at Sukh Sagar before the establishment of Barrackpore, and there were several large houses in the area before the ...
Landscape with rocky hills, Matheran, Bombay. Artist(s): Clarke, Melville (1834-1878)
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Landscape with rocky hills, Matheran, Bombay. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Matheran’. Water-colour; 17.8 by 26 cm. Purchased 1979. Note: This water-colour came from a collection depicting hill stations near Poona and may have been made while Clarke was on sick leave in 1854. He was also a good ph...