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131. Foster 841

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 841
Title:
Colonel Joseph Binning, CIE, CUD, ADC. Commandant Second (Presidency) Battalion Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 1899 to 1913. Manager of the Ellenbarrie Tea Company. Three-quarter length portrait.. Artist(s): Harris, A.E. (1865-1951)
Scope & Content:
Colonel Joseph Binning, C.I.E. Commandant Second (Presidency) Battalion Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 27th September, 1899 to 25th January, 1913. Manager of the Ellenbarrie Tea Company. Three-quarters length portrait of a middle-aged man with fair hair and a moustache, wearing a khaki peaked cap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 Item

132. Foster 841-844

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 841-844
Title:
HARRIS, A.E. (1865-1951) Painter of portraits and landscapes. Born in Birmingham, Harris studied at Cardiff School of Art, Hatherley’s School of Art ...
Scope & Content:
HARRIS, A.E. (1865-1951) Painter of portraits and landscapes. Born in Birmingham, Harris studied at Cardiff School of Art, Hatherley’s School of Art and South Kensington College of Art. In 1890 he arrived in Bombay and worked for the photographic firm of Johnson and Hoffman. In 1897 he moved...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1912-1919
Extent:
4 items

133. Foster 842

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 842
Title:
Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Marston Leslie. Commandant, Second (Presidency) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 1913 to 1917. Attorney with the firm of S.J. Leslie and Sons, Calcutta. Three-quarter length portrait, wearing khaki dress uniform. Artist
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Marston Leslie Commandant, Second (Presidency) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, January 1913 to April 1917. Attorney with the firm of S.J. Leslie and Sons, Calcutta. Three-quarters length portrait. The subject has dark, greying hair and moustache, he is bare ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 Item

134. Foster 843

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 843
Title:
Colonel Reginald Craufuird Sterndale. Commandant, Presidency Volunteer Rifle Battalion, Calcutta 1888 to 1895. Retired major, Cantonment Magistrate, Dum Dum. Three-quarter length portrait, wearing a khaki forage cap and field uniform. Artist(s): Harris
Scope & Content:
Colonel Reginald Craufuird Sterndale Commandant, Presidency Volunteer Rifle Battalion, Calcutta 14th September 1888 to 12th February 1895. Retired major, Cantonment Magistrate, Dum Dum. Three-quarters length portrait. The figure has grey hair and an auburn moustache and wears a khaki forage ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 Item

135. Foster 844

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 844
Title:
Colonel Bendyshe Walton CIE. Commandant, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 1877 to 1878. Retired officer British Army Staff Corps. Three-quarter length portrait, wearing a dark drab mess uniform. Artist(s): Harris, A.E. (1865-1951)
Scope & Content:
Colonel Bendyshe Walton C.I.E. Commandant, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 11th January 1877 to 8th November 1878. Retired officer British Army Staff Corps. Three-quarters length portrait. The figure has auburn hair, moustache and side whiskers. He is bare-headed and wears a dark drab mess unifo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1913
Extent:
1 Item

136. Foster 845

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 845
Title:
William Abington (c.1770-1839). Clerk to the East India Company's Military Seminary 1809-34. Three-quarter length portrait of an elderly man. Artist(s): Barraud, Henry (1811-1874)
Scope & Content:
William Abington (c.1770-1839), 1837 Three-quarters length portrait of an elderly man seated in a chair against a background of dark red draperies. He wears a high-collared shirt, black cravat, brown coat and black cloak. Inscribed on the back of the sitter’s chair: ‘H Barraud, 1837’. 30 by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 Item

137. Foster 846

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 846
Title:
General Sir John Withington Adams (1764-1837). Three-quarter length portrait standing to right. Artist(s): Havell, William (1782-1857)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Sir John Withington Adams (1764-1837), c.1820-5. Three-quarter length standing to right, his right hand holding his hat, his left on his hip, in military uniform. He wears the badge of the Companion of the Bath pinned to his left breast. An Indian landscape visible beyond the terr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

138. Foster 847

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 847
Title:
Portrait of Pierre Fombelle (1731-1802) with his daughter, Lucy (1766-1819) and granddaughter Mary (1788-1877).
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Pierre Fombelle (1731-1802) with his daughter, Lucy (1766-1819) and granddaughter Mary (1788-1877), c.1795. Fombelle is seated holding a cane, his granddaughter on his left with her right arm on his shoulder, his daughter sits on his right, holding a book. On the wall behind them is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1795
Extent:
1 Item

139. Foster 847-848

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 847-848
Title:
F847-848 Two portraits of members of the family of Pierre Fombelle. Bequeathed by Miss Mabel Henrietta Downe, March 1986. Papers relating to the desce ...
Scope & Content:
F847-848 Two portraits of members of the family of Pierre Fombelle. Bequeathed by Miss Mabel Henrietta Downe, March 1986. Papers relating to the descent of both paintings to Mabel Henrietta Downe (1886-1986), granddaughter of Mary Thornhill through her mother, Henrietta Sarah (Minnie) Downe (1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794-1821
Extent:
2 items

140. Foster 848

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 848
Title:
Half length portrait of John Fombelle (1763-1849), c.1820, standing holding a book in his left hand.
Scope & Content:
Half length portrait of John Fombelle (1763-1849), c.1820, standing holding a book in his left hand. Oil on canvas, 74.2 by 61.5 cms. John Fombelle was the son of Pierre Fombelle, see F847. He was in India as a Writer in 1783, Sub-secretary in the Secret Department 1789-93, and Judge and Magi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item