Naval Gunnery Establishment, Bombay. c.1854. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Naval Gunnery Establishment, Bombay, Recd from Marine Department, 30th May, 1854.’ Water-colour; 19.5 by 30 ins. Presented by Captain Jenkins (Indian Navy), 30 May 1854.
DAY, JOHN G. (1854-1931) Served with Royal Artillery. Lieutenant 1873; Captain 1885; Major 1893; Lieut.- Colonel 1900; Colonel 1904; retired 1905. H ...
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DAY, JOHN G. (1854-1931) Served with Royal Artillery. Lieutenant 1873; Captain 1885; Major 1893; Lieut.- Colonel 1900; Colonel 1904; retired 1905. He took part in the Afghan War of 1878 to 1880, served in China 1900, and on the N.W. Frontier and Waziristan 1901 to 1902. --------------------- ...
GRAHAM, MAXWELL (fl. 1835-1864) Served with Poona Horse, Bombay Army. Ensign 1858; Lieutenant 1860; died at Seroor 1864. ‘Oliver’, mentioned in the ...
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GRAHAM, MAXWELL (fl. 1835-1864) Served with Poona Horse, Bombay Army. Ensign 1858; Lieutenant 1860; died at Seroor 1864. ‘Oliver’, mentioned in the inscription to WD1356, is probably his relative, Henry Oliver Graham. --------------------- WD1355-1361 7 drawings made during a march to Palamc...
Album of 27 drawings; 26 portraits and caricatures of members of the India Office Social Club. 1901-4. Artist(s): Wickham, William Allen (1857-1938)
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27 drawings (60 pages); 26 portraits and caricatures of members of the India Office Social Club. 1901-4. Some portraits signed: ‘W.A.W’. and inscribed with subject and notes. Pencil, pen-and-ink, and wash; size of volume 14.5 by 10 ins. Presented. Note: A menu for the twelfth dinner in 1907...
The Bailey Guard Gate, Lucknow (U.P.). Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
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The Bailey Guard Gate, Lucknow (U.P.). c.1861. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Bailey Guard Gate. Lucknow. Wm. Simpson.’ Water-colour; 10.75 by 14.75 ins. Purchased 2 May 1959.
A view of Colombo (Ceylon), with palm trees and the shore in the foreground. Artist(s): Nicholl, Andrew (1804-1886)
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A view of Colombo (Ceylon), with palm trees and the shore in the foreground. c.1850. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A. Nicholl. A.R.H.A.’: on back in pencil: ‘Colombo, Ceylon.’ Watercolour by Andrew Nicholl (1804-1886) of a view of Colombo in Sri Lanka, dated c. 1850. The image is inscribed on ...
CROMMELIN, JAMES ARDEN (180l-1893) Crommelin was the son of Charles Russell Crommelin (Resident, Radhanagar (Bengal) 1784; died Contai (Bengal) 1822) ...
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CROMMELIN, JAMES ARDEN (180l-1893) Crommelin was the son of Charles Russell Crommelin (Resident, Radhanagar (Bengal) 1784; died Contai (Bengal) 1822) by his second wife, Anne Wilkinson, and grandson of Charles Crommelin (1717-88), Governor of Bombay and his wife, Mary Arden. He went to India in...
HADENFELDT, GERTRUDE (fl. 1920-1930) Gertrude Hadenfeldt worked in India during the nineteen-twenties and visited Ladakh in 1926. One of her drawings ...
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HADENFELDT, GERTRUDE (fl. 1920-1930) Gertrude Hadenfeldt worked in India during the nineteen-twenties and visited Ladakh in 1926. One of her drawings, 'Brother Worship', is reproduced in Cornelia Sorabji, ‘India recalled’ (London, 1936), plate facing 130. --------------------- WD1382-1392 11...
Miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
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Miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune. 1851. Engraved on gold frame: ‘In Memoriam. 12th Aug. 1851.’ Oval, water-colour on ivory; 4.5 by 3.75 ins. Presented by Miss K. Kay-Mouat, 28 July 1959. Note: Bethune (1801-51) became Legislative Member of the Supreme Council of India in ...