Two farewell addresses, dated Apr 1854, presented to Frederic John Mouat (1816-97), Bengal Medical Service 1840-70, Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Bengal, by Graduates of the College, and members of the Bethune Society; also copy printed on silk of inscription on foundation stone of Co...
Charles Masson papers: Drawings of Afghanistan, Sind and the North-Western Provinces. Artist: Charles Masson
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Miscellaneous pen-and-ink drawings of Afghanistan, Sind and North-Western Provinces, from the collection of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36. The majority are fair copies, prob...
Charles Masson papers: Drawings of the Caves of Jalalabad and Kabul. Artist: Charles Masson
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Collection of 29 folios of pen-and-ink drawings, with descriptive text and maps, of the caves in the Jalalabad and Kabul districts, from the collection of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Ka...
Charles Masson papers: Drawings of the Bamian Caves. Artist: Charles Masson
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Collection of pen-and-ink drawings, accompanied by descriptive text, of the Buddhist caves at Bamian. Plate 1 is a general view of the caves (with the celebrated Buddha image, now destroyed, in the centre), followed by a series of architectural details of selected caves. The drawings are fair co...
Charles Masson papers: Drawings of the Cave Temples of Salsette and Elephanta. Artist: Charles Masson
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Collection of pen-and-ink drawings (general views and architectural details), with descriptive notes, of the cave temples at Salsette and Elephanta. There are also a few views of Portuguese churches at Salsette. With a hand-written title page reading, The Cave Temples of Salsette and Elephanta w...
Congratulatory Address from the Inhabitants of Calcutta to Queen Victoria on her assuming the Government of India; with a letter, dated 22 Nov 1858, from the Sheriff of Calcutta forwarding it to the Secretary of State for India.
Papers of Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis, Bombay Civil Service 1842-72
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`My official annals' and `My scrap books', of Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis (1822-1872), Bombay Civil Service 1842-72: containing letters, official papers, pamphlets, photographs, prints, drawings and watercolours.
Probate of will (1842) of David Carmichael Smyth, Bengal Civil Service 1815-c38; testamentary papers (1843) of Capt Thomas Wood, Madras Army; and marriage settlement (1869) of Thomas Owen, proctor of Calcutta High Court, and Isabella Parker.