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Reference (shelfmark):: WD3955
Title:: The gate of a caravanserai, Rajmahal, Bengal. Artist(s): Hodges, William (1744-1797)
Scope & Content:: The gate of a caravanserai, Rajmahal, Bengal, c.1780. Inscribed on original label: ‘View of the Gate of a Caravan Serai at Raje Mahal’. Formerly inscribed: ‘J.W. from W.H.’ Sepia ink and wash; 29.5 by 46 cm. Purchased 1983. Note: Possibly preparatory study for ‘Select views in India’, plat...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3956
Title:: Landscape with elephants, camels and horsemen on the banks of the Mutha river. Artist(s): Mabon, Robert (fl. 1791-1798)
Scope & Content:: Landscape with elephants, camels and horsemen on the banks of the Mutha river. Inscribed: ‘View near the Assungum with the Ford over the Moola Moota, the figures drawn by R. Mabon’ and on reverse: ‘A view of the English Residence at the Sungum or Conflux of the Rivers Moota & Moola near Poo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1793
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3957
Title:: The Manasbal lake, Kashmir. Artist(s): Hardinge, Charles Stewart (1822-1894)
Scope & Content:: The Manasbal lake, Kashmir. Inscribed: ‘Manasa Bal. May/46. Cashmere. Hardinge,’ and on reverse: ‘Manasa Lake. The most beautiful lake in Cashmere’. Pencil and wash heightened with white; 19.5 by 25.3 cm. Purchased 1983.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1846
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3959
Title:: South west view of the Rock of Trichinopoly looking across a corner of the Teppakulam tank, with figures including an army officer and a sepoy in the foreground. Artist(s): Wright, F. (fl. 1815)
Scope & Content:: South west view of the Rock of Trichinopoly looking across a corner of the Teppakulam tank, with figures including an army officer and a sepoy in the foreground. Inscribed: ‘F. Wright. 10 Febr. 1815’ Water-colour; 39.6 by 61.4 cm. Purchased 1983. Note: It has not been possible to trace the ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1815
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3960
Title:: Sketch book with 17 drawings made in Western India and in Europe, including Norfolk, Essex, Devon, Scotland and Switzerland. Phillipps was granted two years furlough to Europe in 1872. Artist(s): Phillipps, Henry (1833-1912)
Scope & Content:: Sketch book (ff.l-38) with drawings made in Western India and in Europe, laid down on tinted paper. Album 35.5 by 28 cm, drawings various sizes. European views include Norfolk, Essex, Devon, Scotland and Switzerland. Phillipps was granted two years furlough to Europe in 1872. Presented by Mr...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1859-1876
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3961-4011
Title:: RENNIE, JENNY McQUEEN (d.1978) ‘Née’ Johnston. Wife of Rev. J. Yule Rennie, Indian Ecclesiastical Service, Church of Scotland. He served in India 19 ...
Scope & Content:: RENNIE, JENNY McQUEEN (d.1978) ‘Née’ Johnston. Wife of Rev. J. Yule Rennie, Indian Ecclesiastical Service, Church of Scotland. He served in India 1920-42 in Karachi, Bombay, Poona and Madras. Also served as Chaplain to Lord Linlithgow in New Delhi and as Presidency Senior Chaplain at Calcutta. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1927-1931
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4012-4024
Title:: GRAY, RUBY K. (fl. 1917-70) Born at San Stefano, near Constantinople. Studied at Royal Academy. Married Charles Edward Gray, 3rd Gurkha Rifles at Co ...
Scope & Content:: GRAY, RUBY K. (fl. 1917-70) Born at San Stefano, near Constantinople. Studied at Royal Academy. Married Charles Edward Gray, 3rd Gurkha Rifles at Constantinople 1921. Went to India 1922 and accompanied her husband on postings to Landsdowne, Garhwal, Roorkee and Bannu, and trips to Peshawar and ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1922-1947
Extent:: 10 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4038-4039
Title:: TRESHAM, HENRY (1750-1814) Born Dublin. Portrait painter, exhibited Dublin Society of Artists. Moved to London 1775, and then to the continent under ...
Scope & Content:: TRESHAM, HENRY (1750-1814) Born Dublin. Portrait painter, exhibited Dublin Society of Artists. Moved to London 1775, and then to the continent under the patronage of Lord Cawdor, becoming a member of the Academies of Rome and Bologna. Returned to England in 1789. Exhibited RA from 1789; elected...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1788-1790
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4043-4044; WD4117-4118; P1819-1845; P2483; P2481; X294
Title:: D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES, 7th Baronet (1781-1845), and others --------------------- WD4043-4044; WD4117-4118 Four albums of drawings and other material in ...
Scope & Content:: D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES, 7th Baronet (1781-1845), and others --------------------- WD4043-4044; WD4117-4118 Four albums of drawings and other material including prints by and associated with D’Oyly and his circle in Calcutta and Patna 1818-32, together with drawings made by D’Oyly on leave at the...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1809-1859
Extent:: 13 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4088-4089
Title:: WONNACOTT, WILLIAM (1841-1878) British Army Schoolmaster, HM 8th Regiment of Foot. Married Emily Louisa Short, 1866, who was also appointed as teache ...
Scope & Content:: WONNACOTT, WILLIAM (1841-1878) British Army Schoolmaster, HM 8th Regiment of Foot. Married Emily Louisa Short, 1866, who was also appointed as teacher to the regiment. They were first posted to Dublin, then Malta in late 1866, and India from 1868. Emily died in childbirth in 1871, and their two...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1875-1877
Extent:: 2 items

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