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Reference (shelfmark):: WD1393/1
Title:: Casket containing the miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune WD1393. The ivory miniature was formerly mounted in the lid of a carved oak casket made from a tree felled on Bethune's estate in 1851, the year of his death
Scope & Content:: Casket containing the miniature portrait of John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune WD1393. The ivory miniature was formerly mounted in the lid of a carved oak casket made from a tree felled on Bethune's estate in 1851, the year of his death
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1851
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1394-1399
Title:: WHITE, JOHN (fl. 1778-1801) White served in the Bengal civil service 1778 to 1800, resigning in 1801. Apart from an embassy to the Raja of Berar from ...
Scope & Content:: WHITE, JOHN (fl. 1778-1801) White served in the Bengal civil service 1778 to 1800, resigning in 1801. Apart from an embassy to the Raja of Berar from 1781 to 1783, he spent most of his service in Calcutta. Remembrancer of the Criminal Court. --------------------- WD1394-1399 6 drawings bound...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1400-1405
Title:: KING, ELSA (fl. 1931). WD1400-1405 6 caricatures of delegates to the second Session of the Indian Round Table Conference, London ...
Scope & Content:: KING, ELSA (fl. 1931) --------------------- WD1400-1405 6 caricatures of delegates to the second Session of the Indian Round Table Conference, London, 7 September-1 December 1931. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1931-1931
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1409
Title:: A prospect view of the city of Benares spread out along the bank of the Ganges from Shivala Ghat to Aurangzeb's mosque, with the camp of the Mughal Emperor, Shah 'Alam II, on the right bank of the river.
Scope & Content:: A prospect view of the city of Benares spread out along the bank of the Ganges from Shivala Ghat to Aurangzeb's mosque, with the camp of the Mughal Emperor, Shah 'Alam II, on the right bank of the river. 1765. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Famous and Ancient City of Benares with a View of th...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1765
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1425-1456, WD4322
Title:: HOUGHTON, WILLIAM ROBERT (1826-1897) Served with Bombay Native Infantry. Ensign 1842; Lieutenant 1846; Captain 1852; Major, Bombay Staff Corps 1862; ...
Scope & Content:: HOUGHTON, WILLIAM ROBERT (1826-1897) Served with Bombay Native Infantry. Ensign 1842; Lieutenant 1846; Captain 1852; Major, Bombay Staff Corps 1862; Lieut.-Colonel 1868; Colonel 1873; MajorGeneral 1884; Lieut.-General 1888. --------------------- WD1425-1456; WD4322 33 drawings. ------------...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1873-1879
Extent:: 33 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1457
Title:: View of an unidentified palace and town with temples on the banks of a rocky river. Artist(s): Temple, Sir Richard (1826-1902)
Scope & Content:: View of an unidentified palace and town with temples on the banks of a rocky river. c.1867. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Onka Mam Jatta on the Neatrand (?). By the late Rt. Hon: Sir R. Temple.’ Water-colour; 14 by 20 ins. Purchased 2 February 1960.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1867
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1458-1474
Title:: DWYER, JOHN CORNELIUS (1843-c.1890) Dwyer became a veterinary surgeon in 1868 and proceeded to India with his regiment in about 1870. He last appears ...
Scope & Content:: DWYER, JOHN CORNELIUS (1843-c.1890) Dwyer became a veterinary surgeon in 1868 and proceeded to India with his regiment in about 1870. He last appears in the Indian Army list in 1890 as Assistant Superintendent of the Punjab Horse Breeding Department at Babugarh. --------------------- WD1458-1...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1873-1873
Extent:: 17 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1477
Title:: Miniature portrait, head and shoulders, of Horace Hayman Wilson as a young man. He wears a black coat and white stock; blue sky and clouds in the background
Scope & Content:: Miniature portrait, head and shoulders, of Horace Hayman Wilson as a young man. He wears a black coat and white stock; blue sky and clouds in the background. c.1810-16. Oval, water-colour on ivory; 2.5 by 2 ins. Presented by Charles C. Wilson, grandson of the subject, 1903. Note: Horace Hayma...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1810-1816
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1478, WD4487, WD2912-2920
Title:: BELLASIS, JOHN BROWNRIGG (1806-1890) Eldest son of George Hutchins Bellasis (1778-1822) and Charlotte Maude; cousin of A.F. Bellasis. Served with Bom ...
Scope & Content:: BELLASIS, JOHN BROWNRIGG (1806-1890) Eldest son of George Hutchins Bellasis (1778-1822) and Charlotte Maude; cousin of A.F. Bellasis. Served with Bombay Army in W. India and the Deccan 1822 to 1858. From 1825 until 1836 he acted as interpreter in Hindustani and Marathi and was adjutant to the B...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1822-1856
Extent:: 11 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1480-1486
Title:: TOD COLLECTION James Tod (1782-1835) went to Bengal with the 2nd European Regiment in 1799. From 1812 to 1817, while Resident at Gwalior, he surveyed ...
Scope & Content:: TOD COLLECTION James Tod (1782-1835) went to Bengal with the 2nd European Regiment in 1799. From 1812 to 1817, while Resident at Gwalior, he surveyed and mapped Rajputana and collected much scholarly information. In 1817 he was in charge of Intelligence during the Pindari campaign. From 1818 un...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 7 items

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