View of Benares from the right hand bank of the Ganges showing Aurangzeb’s mosque, Panchganga ghat, and Lachmanbala ghat. Artist(s): Donne, Henry Richard Beadon (1860-1949)
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View of Benares from the right hand bank of the Ganges showing Aurangzeb’s mosque, Panchganga ghat, and Lachmanbala ghat. Signed on front and inscribed on reverse: ‘Sindhia’s Palace, Benares HRBW’. Water-colour; 24 by 35.5 cm. Purchased 1982. Note: The drawing was probably made between 1885 ...
Sketchbook of 75 drawings and caricatures, including views, military subjects, shikar and camp studies, mostly made on a march following the route from Fort William to Rawalpindi along the Grand Trunk Road, and during the Afghan War of 1879-80. Artist(s): Durham, Philip Francis (1852-1932)
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Sketchbook (ff.1-31), stamped monogram ‘PFD’, containing water-colours, pen and ink drawings and caricatures dating from 1877-84, including views, military subjects, shikar and camp studies, mostly made on a march following the route from Fort William to Rawalpindi along the Grand Trunk Road, an...
View of Bombay Fort from the harbour, showing St Thomas’s church, the Custom House and flag staff, with shipping in the foreground. Artist(s): Millett, Leonard (d. 1797)
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View of Bombay Fort from the harbour, showing St. Thomas’s church, the Custom House and flag staff, with shipping in the foreground, c.1797. Inscribed on reverse:’ Drawn by Leonard Millett the Son of Richard Oke Millett. Penpol Hayle. Leonard Millett was blown up and killed in the Princess Ch...
Album with sixty-seven humorous drawings of domestic and social life, mainly in Western India, made soon after the Hancocks’ arrival. Artist(s): Hancock, Madeline (fl. 1865-66)
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Album with sixty-seven humorous drawings of domestic and social life, mainly in Western India, made soon after the Hancocks’ arrival. Drawings in pen and ink on oiled silk, various sizes laid down on album pages with captions below. Inscribed on inside cover: ‘With Madeline’s best love. M Ha...