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Music manuscripts of the musicologist and collector Alan Walker Tyson (b.1926, d.2000): 1732 – circa 1970, n.d. The collection also includes printed music and books, which are catalogued separately. For a description of the collection, see O. W. Neighbour, ‘The Tyson Collection’, The British Lib...
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)
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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 ...
Album of 19 drawings of scenes in Bombay and S. India together with a few miscellaneous sketches. Between 1817 and c.1822. Artist(s): Cussans, Thomas (1796-1870)
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19 drawings (22 folios) of scenes in Bombay and S. India together with a few miscellaneous sketches. Between 1817 and c.1822.Inscribed on cover: ‘Thos Cussans Lt. Madras Artillery. Janry 1817’; on title page: ‘Thos Cussans, July 30th, 1817’; also titles in ink.Water-colour and pen-and-ink; size o...
A sketch-book of 36 drawings depicting scenes chiefly in W. India and Mysore. c. 1795-1801. Artist(s): Johnson, John (c.1769-1846)
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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...
Album of 26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves. Artist(s): Gill, Robert (c.1824-1875)
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26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves. c.1850. f.1 inscribed: ‘Original Drawings from the Buddhist Temples at Ajanta. By Capt. R. Gill.’ Stamped with East India Company Museum numbers. Pencil, pen-and-ink and wa...
'From Calcutta to Bombay (by B. I. steamer).' By: Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
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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.
Album of 31 folios of drawings of sculpture in the rock-cut caves and temples at Aihole and Badami. 1853. By Indian draftsmen
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31 folios of drawings of sculpture in the rock-cut caves and temples at Aihole and Badami. 1853. f.1 Inscribed in pencil in Marathi script. Translation: ‘Copies taken from the sculptures in the temples and old caves of Haveli and Badami, in the Taluku of Hungund and zilla of Belgaon.’ f.2 Insc...
Album of 83 drawings; 80 of landscapes and antiquities in the northem Deccan, 2 portraits and 1 flower study made during a tour chiefly to Ellora, Rauza, Daulatabad, Aurangabad and Ajanta. September to November 1849
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83 drawings (78 folios); 80 of landscapes and antiquities in the northem Deccan, 2 portraits and 1 flower study made during a tour chiefly to Ellora, Rauza, Daulatabad, Aurangabad and Ajanta. September to November 1849. A few sketches were made later, e.g. 1853. Many pages inscribed with titles...
