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1. Add Or 918

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Add Or 918
Title:
Four illustrations on one sheet: Two depicting the teacher Vaisampayan telling the story of the Mahabharata to Raja Janmejaya; one showing a railway train and one a ferry steamer. Hoglakunda and Bottala, Calcutta. Artist(s): Panchanan Karmakar (fl.1850s) and Hira Lal Karmakar (fl.1860s)
Scope & Content:
Illustrations of mythological, religious and popular subjects. Four on one sheet. Two depict the teacher Vaisampayan telling the story of the ‘Mahabharata’ to Raja Janamejaya; one shows a railway train and one a ferry steamer. By Pancanan Karmakar, Hoglakunda, and Hira Lal Karmakar, Bottala, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1860
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4127

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4127
Title:
The Essex, East Indiaman, in Bombay harbour, 1782. Presented by Sir George Birdwood.
Scope & Content:
The ‘Essex’, East Indiaman, in Bombay harbour, 1782. By a western Indian artist, c.1790. Inscribed round edge: ‘The Essex East Indiaman in Bombay Harbour’. Oil on glass and card; two pieces of curving glass, one behind the other, with card behind, set in a circular gilt frame; 160 cm diameter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

3. Foster 59

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 59
Title:
The 'Earl of Abergavenny', East Indiaman, off Southsea. This vessel (1,200 tons), was wrecked on Portland Shambles in 1805. Artist(s): Luny, Thomas (1759-1837)
Scope & Content:
Ship portrait; ‘The Earl of Abergavenny, East Indiaman’, off Southsea, 1801 Inscribed: ‘T Luny, 1801’ 34 by 60 ins (86.5 by 152 cms) Purchased from R. Wordsworth-Smith, 1896 This vessel (1,200 tons), was wrecked on Portland Shambles, 5 February, 1805, with the loss of nearly 300 persons and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1801
Extent:
1 Item

4. Foster 60

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 60
Title:
The Action off Pulo Aor, 15 February, 1804. An encounter between a fleet of merchant vessels homeward bound from Canton, under Commodore (afterwards Sir Nathaniel) Dance and a squadron of French men-of-war under Admiral Linois. Artist(s): Buttersworth, Thomas (1768-1842)
Scope & Content:
The Action off Pulo Aor, 15 February, 1804, painted c.1804 An encounter, in February 1804, between a fleet of merchant vessels homeward bound from Canton, under Commodore (afterwards Sir Nathaniel) Dance and a squadron of French men-of-war under Admiral Linois near the Straits of Malacca. Five...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1804
Extent:
1 Item

5. Foster 657

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 657
Title:
The Burning of the 'Kent', East Indiaman. This incident occurred in the Bay of Biscay on 1 March 1825. Artist(s): Hemy, Thomas Marie Madawaska (fl. 1874-1931)
Scope & Content:
The Burning of the Kent, East Indiamen, 1825. Painted 1897. Signed and dated by the artist lower left: ‘Thomas M. Hemy 1897’ This incident occurred in the Bay of Biscay on 1 March 1825. On the left the Kent is seen in flames; on the right the ‘Cambria’ of Falmouth, whose master, William Cook...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item

6. Foster 876

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 876
Title:
The ‘Bombay Grab’, a Cruiser of the Bombay Marine.
Scope & Content:
The ‘Bombay Grab’, a Cruiser of the Bombay Marine, a three masted sloop, with crossed mizen yard, ten gun ports showing, and a low-cut bow with a very heavy, almost horizontal bowsprit above, sailing to the proper right, with topsails, fore course and jib set, over a calm sea. By a Bombay artis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

7. Foster 876/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 876/2
Title:
Label with inscription taken from the back of the ‘Bombay Grab’, a Cruiser of the Bombay Marine.
Scope & Content:
Label with inscription taken from the back of the ‘Bombay Grab’, a Cruiser of the Bombay Marine.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

8. Foster 1043

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1043
Title:
Ship model of 'HM Monitor Abyssinia'. Built for the defence of Bombay Harbour by J& W Dudgeon, London. Model presented to the Secretary of State for India in Council by the builders.
Scope & Content:
Ship model of 'HM Monitor Abyssinia'. Built for the defence of Bombay Harbour by J& W Dudgeon, London. Model presented to the Secretary of State for India in Council by the builders.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

9. P34

Reference (shelfmark):
P34
Title:
The Agamemnon East Indiaman. Tinted lithograph. Published London, 19th cent.
Scope & Content:
The Agamemnon East Indiaman. Tinted lithograph. Published London, 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1899
Extent:
1 Item

10. P35

Reference (shelfmark):
P35
Title:
'The Honble East India Company's Steam Ship of War 'Berenice''. E. Duncan after W. J. Huggins. Coloured aquatint. Published by W J Huggins, London, 1837. Artist(s): Duncan, Edward (1803-82), after Huggins, William John (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:
'The Honble East India Company's Steam Ship of War 'Berenice''. E. Duncan after W. J. Huggins. Coloured aquatint. Published by W J Huggins, London, 1837.. Artist(s): Duncan, Edward (1803-82), after Huggins, William John (1781-1845)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 Item