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1. WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794)

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WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794)
Title:
WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794) Madras army c.1760-64. Ensign and Lieutenant; 1773-87. Captain c.1773; Lieut.Colonel 1786; pensioned 1787. Francis ...
Scope & Content:
WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794) Madras army c.1760-64. Ensign and Lieutenant; 1773-87. Captain c.1773; Lieut.Colonel 1786; pensioned 1787. Francis Ward was born at Kingston-on-Thames on 18 February 1736. He was the son of Thomas and Ann Ward who owned land at Stanwell, now Heathrow Airport....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1769-1791
Extent:
12 items

2. Foster 14

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Foster 14
Title:
A 'choultry' or travellers' rest house in South India. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
A ‘choultry’ or travellers’ rest house in South India, 1770-71 Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward Pinxit No. ...’; on frame: ‘A Public Choultry for the Repose of Travellers’ 24 by 43 ins (71 by 109.5 cms) Presented by the artist to the East India Company, 1773.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1771
Extent:
1 Item

3. Foster 30

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Foster 30
Title:
A 'Choultry' or travellers' rest house, Srirangam, Madras.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
A ‘Choultry’ or travellers’ rest house, Srirangam, 1772-73 The pillars of the building are carved with rearing horses. In the foreground a European in red and an Indian in a long white dress; other figures on the steps. Inscribed: ‘No 3 F.S. Ward Pinxit’;’ on frame: ‘A Choultry at Seringham w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item

4. Foster 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 21
Title:
Tank in the Shiva Temple, Chidambaram, Madras.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
Tank in the Shiva Temple, Chidambaram, 1769-70 A tank to which steps lead down from a surrounding colonnade. The scene is painted from the western side of the tank. On the right is the entrance to the Hall of the Thousand Columns; on the left that of the Temple of Parvati; while, across the wat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1769-1770
Extent:
1 Item

5. Foster 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 27
Title:
South entrance to the Temple of Vishnu, Srirangam, Madras. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
South entrance to the Temple of Vishnu, Srirangam, 1770-71 Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward Pinxit No.4’; on frame: ‘The South Entrance to the Pagoda at Seringham’ 32 by 51 ins (81 by 130 cms) This is probably the picture to which R. Gough refers in ‘A’ ‘Comparative view of the antient monuments of Indi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1771
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD482

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WD482
Title:
View of Gwalior Fort from the south-east. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
View of Gwalior Fort from the south-east. c.1790. Exhibited: Fondazione Roma, 'Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner: British Painting and the Rise of Modernity, 2014. See also: Maps K.Top.115.54.a. for a similar view
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD483

Reference (shelfmark):
WD483
Title:
View of Gwalior Fort from the north-west. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
View of Gwalior Fort from the north-west. c.1790. Note: The second drawing is identical with the aquatint, 'Fortress of Gwalior, taken by General Popham in 1779', published on 1 March 1804 as plate 11 of ‘Twenty-four views in Hindostan,’ a set of engravings sponsored by Edward Orme between 180...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

8. Foster 10

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Foster 10
Title:
Virra Malli, rock south of Trichinopoly, Madras. An outcrop of rock, apparently granitic gneiss, with two buildings.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
The Viralimalai rock south of Trichinopoly, 1772-73 An outcrop of rock, apparently granitic gneiss, with two buildings, one extending along the front, and another much smaller, upon the top of the mound. Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward Pinxit No.9’; on frame: ‘Verra Malli, a Romantick Rock in Tondiman’s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item

9. Foster 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 22
Title:
A 'choultry' or travellers' rest house in South India. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
A ‘choultry’ or travellers’ rest house in South India, 1771-72 Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward Pinxit No.5’; on frame: ‘A Choultry where travelling Gentoos worship’ 28 by 43 ins (71 by 109.5 cms) Exhibited: Royal Academy Exhibition, ‘The art of India and Pakistan’, 1947-48 (912); National Portrait Gall...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1771-1772
Extent:
1 Item

10. Foster 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 25
Title:
Mausoleum of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar. The mausoleum stands in a tank with a peacock boat in the foreground. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
Mausoleum of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar, 1772-73 The mausoleum stands in a tank with a peacock boat in the foreground. Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward No.X’; on frame: ‘Mausoleum of the Emperor Shir Shah in a large Tank near Sasaram in Behar’ 32 by 51 ins (81 by 130 cms) Exhibited: ‘India Observed’, Vi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item