19531. ST 393, vol 19, p 88a
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19532. ST 393, vol 19, p 186a
- Reference (shelfmark):
- ST 393, vol 19, p 186a
- Title:
- ‘MAP OF OMÂN SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRINCIPAL TRIBES. COMPILED FOR OFFICIAL USE BY Edward Charles ROSS, Political Agent, MUSCAT’
- Scope & Content:
- The map accompanies The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1868 to December 1873. (On its Amalgamation with the B.B.R. Asiatic Society). Edited by the Secretary. Volume XIX.: Article VII (pages 187-198), entitled 'Memorandum on the Tribal Divisions in the Principality ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1872
- Extent:
- 1 map
19533. WD34
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD34
- Title:
- 'The main pass, Aden.' By Sir Henry Yule (1820-1899)
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: View, looking south, of a mountainous landscape through the Main Pass at Aden, the main route into Crater, towards a hill riddled with caves, one of which is likely to be the cave reputed to hold the tomb of Abel. A steep slope or series of steps leads towards the pass a...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Jan 1844
- Extent:
- 1 pen and ink and wash drawing on watercolour paper
19534. WD36
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD36
- Title:
- 'Babelmandel', by Sir Henry Yule (1820-1899)
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: Maritime view in the straits of Babelmandel [Bab-el-Mandeb]. A steamer is visible at left. Temporal context: This drawing was likely made during Henry Yule’s return journey to India with his new wife, Anna Maria White, in 1844. Inscriptions: Recto: Lower left, pen a...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Jan 1844
- Extent:
- 1 watercolour and ink drawing on watercolour paper
19535. WD37
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD37
- Title:
- 'Gibel Tir', by Sir Henry Yule (1820-1899)
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: Maritime view in the Red Sea, at the northwest of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, of Gibel Tir [Jebel Al-Tair], meaning ‘bird mountain’. Temporal context: This drawing was likely made during Henry Yule’s return journey to India with his new wife, Anna Maria White, in 1844. ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Jan 1844
- Extent:
- 1 watercolour, pencil and ink drawing on watercolour paper
19536. WD1348
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1348
- Title:
- 'From Calcutta to Bombay (by B. I. steamer).' By: Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
- Scope & Content:
- 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.
19537. WD3110
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3110
- Title:
- Album of 154 drawings, most made in the Punjab hills, Kashmir, Baltistan and Afghanistan by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801-63)
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains one hundred and fifty-four landscape views and studies in watercolour and pencil of locations and subjects encountered between 1834 and 1839. The majority are inscribed with notes, dates and captions by the artist. Some inscriptions are in a later hand. ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1834-39
- Extent:
- Album of 154 drawings of views in the Punjab hills, Kashmir, Baltistan and Afghanistan, 1 typescript note lightly tipped into a leather-bound album
19538. WD3110, f 1a
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3110, f 1a
- Title:
- 'His Majesty’s experimental frigate Vernon drawn at sea Jany. 10th 1834 in Persian Gulf' by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801–63)
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: This detailed maritime scene shows the experimental frigate Vernon at sea in the Persian Gulf in January 1834. In the background high, white cliffs are visible at left. A smaller boat, perhaps a dhow, flies a red flag at left. The frigate flies a Red Ensign as well as a re...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 10 Jan 1834
- Extent:
- 1 watercolour drawing on paper
19539. WD3110, f 63a
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3110, f 63a
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Port as seen on approach from Bombay' by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801–63)
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: This incomplete pencil sketch shows the harbour at Aden from on board ship. Jagged peaks – described as volcanic on the verso – line the horizon from left to right with two smaller spits of rock jutting into view at either side of the scene. A three-master is indicated a...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 3 Jun 1839
- Extent:
- 1 pencil drawing on paper
19540. WD3274
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3274
- Title:
- ‘Colonel D’arcy Drawings Made During the Embassy to Persia 1810–12’ by Joseph D’Arcy (1780–1846)
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains fifty-eight watercolour landscape views of locations visited during the Ouseley embassy to Persia, 1810–12, as well as two handlists, probably created by later owner F. G. McCutcheon c. 1880, two notes from The Graphic magazine to McCutcheon and a newspa...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1810-12
- Extent:
- Album of 58 watercolour drawings of views of Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey, mostly made during the Ouseley embassy to Tehran (1810–12), 1 newspaper cutting, 2 notes and 2 handlists (c. 1880) lightly tipped into a leather-bound album.
