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1. WD247

Reference (shelfmark):
WD247
Title:
Album of 95 drawings chiefly of landscapes and monuments in the Deccan, W. India and Afghanistan. 1821-44. Includes some work by other artists. Artist(s): Boyd, George (1800-1850)
Scope & Content:
95 drawings (90 folios), chiefly of landscapes and monuments in the Deccan, W. India and Afghanistan. 1821-44.The book also contains drawings from other sources by A. Grafton, two maps by A. Christie (perhaps Alexander Christie, assistant surgeon in Bengal, 1825, and surgeon from 1840) and three ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1844
Extent:
1 album containing 95 drawings

2. WD1055

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1055
Title:
A sketch-book of 36 drawings depicting scenes chiefly in W. India and Mysore. c. 1795-1801. Artist(s): Johnson, John (c.1769-1846)
Scope & Content:
A sketch-book of 36 drawings (36 folios) depicting scenes chiefly in W. India and Mysore. c.1795-1801.A few inscriptions in pencil and ink remain (some relating to Colonel Johnson); others have been trimmed. 1794 water-mark (f.16).Water-colour; size of volume, 10.5 by 16.75 ins.Purchased 3 May 19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1795-1801
Extent:
1 album

3. WD1348

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1348
Title:
'From Calcutta to Bombay (by B. I. steamer).' By: Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape views of locations along the Indian coast from Calcutta to Bombay, as well as at Aden and along the Red Sea coast. The watercolour drawings are rendered directly onto watercolour paper and captioned in ink, usually on the verso of the preceding...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1879-Jan 1880
Extent:
Album of 29 drawings of views along the Indian coast from Calcutta to Bombay, and of views in Bihar, Calcutta, Aden and Suez.

4. WD3274

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3274
Title:
‘Colonel D’arcy Drawings Made During the Embassy to Persia 1810–12’ by Joseph D’Arcy (1780–1846)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains fifty-eight watercolour landscape views of locations visited during the Ouseley embassy to Persia, 1810–12, as well as two handlists, probably created by later owner F. G. McCutcheon c. 1880, two notes from The Graphic magazine to McCutcheon and a newspa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-12
Extent:
Album of 58 watercolour drawings of views of Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey, mostly made during the Ouseley embassy to Tehran (1810–12), 1 newspaper cutting, 2 notes and 2 handlists (c. 1880) lightly tipped into a leather-bound album.

5. WD4161

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4161
Title:
Album of 79 miscellaneous drawings in the southern Deccan, including Vijayanagar, Bellary, Kurnool etc. Artist(s): Morant, James (1809-1858)
Scope & Content:
Drawings dated between 1851 and 1856 mounted in no particular order. Inscriptions on album pages in another hand repeating Morant’s own inscriptions on reverse of drawings where visible.Various media; album size 30 by 23.5 cm.Purchased 1986.f.1v Gateway at Vijayanagar.Water-colour.f.2 Gateway to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851-1856
Extent:
1 item

6. WD4232

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4232
Title:
Album with 58 watercolours, made while the artist was serving as Acting Collector and Joint Magistrate, Tinnevelly 1875 to 1877, and Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, Cuddapah 1877 to 1878. Artist(s): Stuart, Andrew John (1841-1921)
Scope & Content:
Album with fifty-eight water-colours, various sizes laid down, dated 1876 to 1878, made while the artist was serving as Acting Collector and Joint Magistrate, Tinnevelly 1875 to 1877, and Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, Cuddapah 1877 to 1878.Album 31.3 by 38.3 cm.Inscriptions on the flyleaf i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1878
Extent:
1 album

7. WD4413

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4413
Title:
Album of 29 drawings of views in Kathiawar State. Artist(s): H., H. (fl. 1871-1874)
Scope & Content:
An album of 29 drawings, various sizes, some on tinted paper, in water-colour over pencil, laid down in random order. Most are dated, the earliest being January1871 and the latest June 1874, and all but four are signed with the initials HH. The drawings are of views in Kathiawar State, which woul...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871-1874
Extent:
1 Item