Five standng figures. Inscribed: ‘On the North of the 3rd Story of the Square Ruddam at Mahabalipoor July 19th 1816. Copied by A. McPherson March 1819.’
Five standing figures. Inscribed: ‘On the South of the 3rd Story of the Square Ruddam at Mahabalipooram July 20th 1816. Copied by A. McPherson March 1819.’
Five standing figures. Inscribed: ‘Sculptured Figures on the East side of the 3rd Story of the Square Ruddam at Mahabalipooram 19th July 1816. Copied by A. McPherson April 1819.
Four standing figures flanking Shiva and Parvati. Inscribed: ‘Figures Sculptured on the West side fo the 3rd Story of the Square Ruddam at Mahabalipooram 18th July 1816. Copied by A. McPherson 1 April 1819.’
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...
Bird's eye view of the operations on the Tigris (Mesopotamia) between Sheikh Saad and Shamran
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Bird's eye view of the operations on the Tigris (Mesopotamia) between Sheikh Saad and Shamran. 24 March 1916. Inscribed on front in pencil as above and: ‘N.V.L. Rybot. 24.iii.16.Medium: pencil Style: European school; British school Topics: military
Album of 17 drawings of views in Afghanistan from the Kyber Pass to Kabul. 1840. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
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This is bound volume containting 17 watercolour illustrations. Folios 3-6 were blank. f.7’ The Mikras (Shears) or entrance into the Khyber Pass from the Peshawer hill.’ f.7v’ Jellalabad from the north near the Caubul River.’ f.8’ First Ascent of the Khyber Pass.’ f.9’ Khyber Pass. Ghurze (? ) Lal...
This note, dated March 8th 1910 and written by the artist’s son, explains the provenance of an album of 17 drawings of views in Afghanistan from the Kyber Pass to Kabul by James Atkinson (1780-1852). During the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) Atkinson served as Superintending Surgeon to the Army...