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6641. WD3198

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3198
Title:
Sketchbook of 47 views in India. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
Scope & Content:
f.1 ‘Sacred fountain Kuttas Punjaub.’ f.2 ‘Tank in the Punjaub.’ f.3 ‘Castle of Sialkot Punjab, built by Raja Salivahana AD 84. Tradition records, that the S. East bastion continued to fall as fast as built until Salivahana immolated on the site the only son of a Widow.’ f.4 ‘Hindoo Temple at Toh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1826-1858
Extent:
1 item

6642. WD3332

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3332
Title:
Inscribed on reverse: 'A ‘Ghyong’ or Buddhist Temple, named ‘Changrassie’, at Keerung, May 1855. A ‘Ghyong’ is a Temple as distinguished from a ‘Goompa’ which is a monastery, or Lamaserai', with notes. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on reverse: ‘A ‘Ghyong’ or Buddhist Temple, named ‘Changrassie’, at Keerung, May 1855. A ‘Ghyong’ is a Temple as distinguished from a ‘Goompa’ which is a monastery, or Lamaserai’, with notes Water-colour; 28 by 38.3 cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

6643. WD3476

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3476
Title:
'A Mussulman Temple, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of a mosque or mausoleum at Aden, which may be an earlier incarnation of the Mosque of Abu Bakr al-‘Aydarus. The original building was constructed in the fifteenth century but heavily reconstructed at some point in the nineteenth century, perhaps after this sketch was...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 pencil drawing on paper

6644. WD3479

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3479
Title:
'Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the verandah of Haines’s bungalow at Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbūţ] looking towards Little Aden. Haines sits facing away from the viewer at right, apparently sketching. His wife and another woman stand at centre in profile, looking out to sea. Several chairs, benches and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 watercolour and pencil drawing on paper

6645. WD3483

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3483
Title:
Houses at the foot of mountains, probably Aden
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of several colonial buildings at the foot of mountains, probably at Aden. This unfinished pencil sketch may depict Haines’ first residence in Crater. A cross or flagstaff on the lowest peak at upper centre may provide additional clues as to its location. Inscripti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 pencil drawing on paper

6646. WD3525

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3525
Title:
'Sheik Meidee.' by John Sherbrooke Gell (c. 1823-78)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-41
Extent:
1 drawing

6647. WD3548

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3548
Title:
Sketch book with laid down drawings of views and portraits made between 1843 and 1854 in Bombay and Sind, and during furlough in Europe. Also three later drawings made in Kathiawar and Savantvadi. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
Scope & Content:
Sketch book (ff.1-40) with laid down drawings of views and portraits made between 1843 and 1854 in Bombay and Sind, and during furlough in Europe. Also three later drawings made in Kathiawar and Savantvadi. Cover lettered in gold: ‘Notes and Sketches 1844 to 1855’. Flyleaf inscribed with verses. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1876
Extent:
1 item

6648. WD3549

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3549
Title:
Album with laid down watercolours made between 1865 and 1877 in Kathiawar, Bombay, Poona, Mahabaleshwar and Savantvadi State. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
Scope & Content:
Album (ff.1-30) with laid down water-colours made between 1865 and 1877 in Kathiawar, Bombay, Poona, Mahabaleshwar and Savantvadi State. Cover lettered in gold: ‘Sketches’ and inscribed inside cover: ‘J.F. Lester’. Drawings various sizes; album 32.5 by 49 cm. f.1 ‘Veerawull, Kattywar. October 186...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1877
Extent:
1 item

6649. WD3549(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3549(1)
Title:
Veerawull, Kattywar. October 1865. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
Scope & Content:
f.1 ‘Veerawull, Kattywar. October 1865’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

6650. WD3549(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3549(2)
Title:
Temples at Ghatwur. Kattywar. Singorah River. November 1865. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
Scope & Content:
f.2 ‘Temples at Ghatwur. Kattywar. Singorah River. November 1865’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

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