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Reference (shelfmark):: WD333, WD1713, WD2419-2423, WD3766, WD4217, WD4509, WD4526
Title:: LONGCROFT, THOMAS (fl. 1780-1811) Longcroft's date and place of birth are unknown, but he appears to have been an artist who knew Zoffany in England. ...
Scope & Content:: LONGCROFT, THOMAS (fl. 1780-1811) Longcroft's date and place of birth are unknown, but he appears to have been an artist who knew Zoffany in England. He decided to go to India with Zoffany in 1783 but they did not make the voyage together. Both visited Lucknow in 1784 but some time later separa...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1785-1799
Extent:: 10 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD335
Title:: A view of Chittagong (Bengal) with river in distance. March 1813. Artist(s): George, James (1782-1828)
Scope & Content:: A view of Chittagong (Bengal) with river in distance. March 1813. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Chittagong. J. George. March, 1813.’ Water-colour; 19 by 26.5 ins. Purchased 23 September 1952.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1813
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD336
Title:: A view of Chittagong (Bengal) showing European bungalows and river in distance. 5 October 1813. Artist(s): George, James (1782-1828)
Scope & Content:: A view of Chittagong (Bengal) showing European bungalows and river in distance. 5 October 1813. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Chittagong. J. George. 5th Oct. 1813,’ on back in ink:’ View of Chittagong. By Captn George.’ Water-colour; 19 by 26.5 ins. Purchased 23 September 1952.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1813
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD344-347
Title:: HEARSEY, HYDER YOUNG (1782-1840) Natural son of Capt. Andrew Wilson Hearsey (1752-98) by a Jat ladyand half-brother of Sir John Bennet Hearsey. Appoin ...
Scope & Content:: HEARSEY, HYDER YOUNG (1782-1840) Natural son of Capt. Andrew Wilson Hearsey (1752-98) by a Jat ladyand half-brother of Sir John Bennet Hearsey. Appointed ADC to Nawab Sa’adat ‘Ali Khan in 1798. Entered Sindhia’s service under Perron, 1799, became DQMG of the Maratha army, but broke with Perron ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1808-1815
Extent:: 14 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD353
Title:: Indian villager with bullock. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
Scope & Content:: Indian villager with bullock. Between 1808 and 1822. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Hindoo Costume from Nature. Chinnery.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 11 by 14 ins. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1808-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD354-355, WD11
Title:: JAMES, JOHN THOMAS (1786-1828) Bishop of Calcutta from January to August, 1828. Dr. James had studied painting in Italy. --------------------- WD354 ...
Scope & Content:: JAMES, JOHN THOMAS (1786-1828) Bishop of Calcutta from January to August, 1828. Dr. James had studied painting in Italy. --------------------- WD354-355; WD11 3 drawings made on a voyage to India. 1827. From a sketch-book by James which also included sketches of Oxford, Rome and other places...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1827-1827
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD356
Title:: View of Chunar Fort (U. P.) on the Ganges
Scope & Content:: View of Chunar Fort (U.P.) on the Ganges. c.1790. Inscribed on mount in water-colour: ‘View of Chunar.’ Water-colour; 11 by 16 ins. Purchased 16 October 1913. Note: Chunar came into the possession of the British after the Battle of Buxar, 1764. The fort was a favourite subject with landsca...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD357
Title:: View of Colgong (Bihar) from the River Ganges with a European bungalow on a hill
Scope & Content:: View of Colgong (Bihar) from the River Ganges with a European bungalow on a hill. c.1790. Inscribed on mount in water-colour: ‘View of Colgong’; on back in pencil: ‘View of Colgong. No. 1.’ Water-colour; 11 by 16 ins. Purchased 16 October 1913. Note: WD103 (Vol.II) depicts the same scene,...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD361
Title:: A distant view of Rawalpindi (Punjab). In the foreground an officer, sitting outside his tent, his horses tethered nearby is being saluted by an orderly with papers; three sepoys accompanying a bullock cart are passing by. Artist(s): Bruce, Sir Henry Le Geyt (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:: A distant view of Rawalpindi (Punjab). In the foreground an officer, sitting outside his tent, his horses tethered nearby is being saluted by an orderly with papers; three sepoys accompanying a bullock cart are passing by. 1846. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Rawul Pindee’; on mount in ink:’ ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1846
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD362
Title:: The Muharram ceremony being performed in a tank by the tomb of Shah Abdur Rahman, Ellichpur (Berar). Artist(s): Warren, Henry (1794-1879)
Scope & Content:: The Muharram ceremony being performed in a tank by the tomb of Shah ‘Abdur Rahman, Ellichpur (Berar). 1838. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Henry Warren, 1838’; on back in ink: ‘Shrine of Raiman Shah Doola, Elichpoor. Warren. F 206. No.8.’ Water-colour; 8.75 by 13 ins. Purchased 11 May 1955. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1838
Extent:: 1 Item

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