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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Language Not applicable Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings

1. Mss Eur B115

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Mss Eur B115
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Journal kept during the siege of Multan and during Pearse's service on the N.W. Frontier, 1848 and 1849. Containing 3 miscellaneous drawings by various hands including Connell and W. Paget. Artist(s): Pearse, George Godfrey (1827-1905)
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Journal kept during the siege of Multan and during Pearse's service on the N.W. Frontier, 1848 and 1849. 3 miscellaneous drawings by various hands. f.3 ‘Sketch of the Bengal Breech, Fort of Mooltan, January 1849. N.E. angle. Citadel Breach. Connell fecit. Scinde Camel Corps’. Also notes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848-1849
Extent:
1 Item

2. Mss Eur B360a

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Mss Eur B360a
Title:
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35
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1. Agra Fort, Delhi Gate. 2. Khass Mahal. 3. The palace buildings, from the east. 4. Nagina mosque. 5. Fort from the south-east. 6. Pearl Mosque. 7. The plans of the Great Gun at Agra. Inscribed: (a) ‘Plan, bird’s eye;’ (b) ‘Front elevation’; (c) ‘Breech elevation.’ Pen and ink; ..... mm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

3. Mss Eur B360b (1-64)

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Mss Eur B360b (1-64)
Title:
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35 Also 30 Benares paintings on mic
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1. ‘Kuttra or Entrance court to Taj.’ 2-9. The Taj Mahal, and details of the pietra dura work. 10. ‘Mosque in Taj Garden.’ 11. Colonel John Hessing’s tomb in the old cemetery at Agra. Inscribed below: ‘Mosque at Agra attached to the Monastery there built by Col. Hessing of the Mhiratta Servi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

4. Mss Eur B360b (65-94)

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Mss Eur B360b (65-94)
Title:
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35 Also 30 Benares paintings on mic
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30 gouache paintings on mica illustrating festivals, transport, occupations and boats, by Benares artists, c. 1820-30. Inscibed below as noted by Lady Sale. Various sets of differing quality have been mixed together. 65. ‘Elephant with Howdah.’ 165 by 216 mm. 66. ‘Suttee - or burning a widow ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

5. Mss Eur B369/3

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Mss Eur B369/3
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Illustrated journal containing 20 drawings and 5 prints. Inscribed on cover: 'Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852'. Artist(s): Machell, Thomas (1824-1862)
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Inscribed on cover: ‘Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852. Thomas Machell’. f.1v Pilgrims at the source of the Ganges. Pencil heightened with white. f.3 Wounded white rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.4 Wounded rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.5 Wounded elephant. Water-colour. f.6 ‘‘St...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 Item

6. Mss Eur C9

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Mss Eur C9
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3 pages of drawings of objects excavated near the ‘Pandoo Coolies’ at Nella Parumba (Malabar) illustrating a note written by her for William Erskine at Calicut, 12 December 1814. Artist(s): Ashburner, Mrs (fl. 1814)
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Kaye no.290. 3 pages of drawings of objects excavated near the ‘Pandoo Coolies’ at Nella Parumba (Malabar) illustrating a note written by her for William Erskine at Calicut, 12 December 1814 (pp.111-19). Inscribed with notes in ink. Pen-and-ink; size of volume, 9 by 7 ins. Presented by C. Er...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

7. Mss Eur C14, ff.1-42

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Mss Eur C14, ff.1-42
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42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons.
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42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons. By a Patna artist, c.1814. Inscribed with numbers and titles. Water-colour; 10 by 8 ins. Deposited by F. Buchanan-Hamilton, c.1820. Listed: Kaye 170. N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1814
Extent:
1 Item

8. Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51

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Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51
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4 drawings depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery from an album of 46 drawings, the remainder illustrating the costumes of Bihar.
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See Kaye no.170. 46 drawings (57 folios); 42 illustrating costumes worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women in Bihar, and 4 depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery. Costume drawings c.1814; ethnographical drawings c.1808 to 1809. Inscribed with titles in ink. ff.1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1808
Extent:
1 Item

9. Mss Eur C116/1

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Mss Eur C116/1
Title:
61 paintings illustrating the Adhyatma Ramayana, vol. 1
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285ff., 61 drawings inscribed with titles. f.3v The sage, Vyasa, traditional author of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana.’ Inscribed: ‘Vyasa.’ f.6v Anand Gran, a Benares pandit, author of the Persian version of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana’ translated by Boddam. Inscribed: ‘Anand G’han.’ f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803-1804
Extent:
1 Item

10. Mss Eur C116/1, 2

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Mss Eur C116/1, 2
Title:
Mss Eur C116/1, 2 85 paintings in two volumes illustrating a translation by Charles Boddam into English of a Persian version of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana ...
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Mss Eur C116/1, 2 85 paintings in two volumes illustrating a translation by Charles Boddam into English of a Persian version of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana.’ By artists at Chapra (Bihar), c.1803-04. Inscribed on title page: ‘The Adhy Atma Ramayan, a History of the Seventh Incarnation of Vishnu’;’ ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803-1804
Extent:
2 items