Archive Reference (shelfmark): D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES (1781-1845) / Language: English / Digitised Content: No - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2060
Title:: Album of 80 drawings of views in Bengal and Bihar taken between January 1823 and May 1825.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:: Album of 80 drawings (83 folios) of views in Bengal and Bihar taken between January 1823 and May 1825. The largest group (ff.2-39) consists of sketches made between 26 January and 27 February 1823 during a journey from Calcutta to Gaya (Bihar) along the ‘New Military Road’. This road passed throu...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1823-1825
Extent:: 1 album

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4234
Title:: Album of 24 small watercolour views painted on cards with embossed borders. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:: A letter pasted inside the front cover describes the contents of the album: ‘Chunar Novb. 3 1830. The accompanying book, My beloved Princess, which I have the honor to forward, needs no other passport for your acceptance than the assurance that the contents are from the hand of the far famed Draw...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1830
Extent:: 1 album

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4404
Title:: Album containing watercolours by Sir Charles D’Oyly of a trip along the Bhagirathi and Ganges Rivers, dated August to October 1820. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:: Album in red leather covers with gold stamped border, containing 28 water-colours by Sir Charles D’Oyly of a trip along the Bhagirathi and Ganges Rivers, dated August to October 1820. The trip must have been to take up his new appointment as Opium Agent at Patna as a letter to the Mrs. Jean Macna...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1820
Extent:: 1 item

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