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151. Foster 869

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 869
Title:
Portrait of Francis Andrews Daniell (1774-1850). Three-quarter length seated, looking to right, wearing a dark blue uniform coat and white breeches.. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Francis Andrews Daniell (1774-1850), 1801. Three-quarter length seated, looking to right, wearing a dark blue uniform coat and white breeches. The ‘tarleton’ helmet on the table at his side has a black bearskin and red plume, with a leopardskin turban held in place with silver chai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1801
Extent:
1 Item

152. Foster 871

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 871
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of the Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General 1798 to 1805, wearing a black coat with white cravat and the star of the Order of St Patrick, with a stormy sky behind. Artist(s): Place, George (c.1760-1805)
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of the Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General 1798 to 1805, wearing a black coat with white cravat and the star of the Order of St. Patrick, with a stormy sky behind. Oil on panel, .44.5 by 35 cms. Purchased 1993. A signed miniature dated 1802 of the Marquess by Pla...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1802
Extent:
1 Item

153. Foster 874

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 874
Title:
Villagers on a country road, Nasik, Western India. Artist(s): Howard, George James, 9th Earl of Carlisle (1843-1911)
Scope & Content:
Villagers on a country road, Nasik, Western India, 1891-2. Inscribed indistinctly on the reverse: ‘Nassick [...] India’ and in another hand: ‘This picture was painted by George Howard 9th Lord Carlisle in the winter 1891-92. It hung in his wife’s room at Castle Howard till April 1922 after whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1892
Extent:
1 Item

154. Foster 878

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 878
Title:
Double portrait of a young unidentified couple. Artist(s): Hickey, Thomas (1741-1824)
Scope & Content:
Double portrait of a young couple, she dressed in flowing white muslin seated playing a square piano, he in civilian clothes standing over her, his right elbow resting on the plinth of a column, both looking out at the spectator, apparently on a terrace with a view to woodland and distant hills....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786
Extent:
1 Item

155. Foster 879

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 879
Title:
Captain Peter Marriette, ship's captain, half-length, slightly to left, with powdered hair. Artist(s): Kettle, Tilly (1735-86)
Scope & Content:
Captain Peter Marriette, half-length, slightly to left, with powdered hair,wearing a blue velvet coat and white silk waistcoat, both trimmed with gold lace. Signed ‘T.Kettle’ and dated ‘1769’ at lower left. Oil on canvas, 75 by 63.5 cms. Purchased 1995. One other portrait of this date is kno...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1769
Extent:
1 Item

156. Foster 880

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 880
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of General John Withington Adams (1764-1837), Bengal Army, facing to right, wearing the star, collar and badge of the G.C.B., and the Seringapatam medal. Artist(s): Melville, William (fl. 1830-1847)
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of General John Withington Adams (1764-1837), Bengal Army, facing to right, wearing the star, collar and badge of the G.C.B., and the Seringapatam medal Signed on the reverse: ‘W.Melville pinxt’. Oil on canvas, 68 by 56 cms. Purchased 1995. Few recipients of the S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1837
Extent:
1 Item

157. Foster 881

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 881
Title:
Half-length portrait of Major-General John Garstin (1756-1820), Bengal Engineers. Artist(s): Opie, John (1761-1807)
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of Major-General John Garstin (1756-1820), Bengal Engineers, wearing his army red coat. He is still comparatively young. Oil on canvas, 74 by 62 cms. Purchased 1995. The portrait must have been painted in England when Garstin was on furlough between 1798 and 1803. John ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

158. Foster 884

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 884
Title:
Tiger drinking at a jungle pool. Artist(s): Nettleship, John Trivett (1841-1902)
Scope & Content:
Tiger drinking at a jungle pool. Signed and dated ‘‘93’ at bottom left hand side. Oil on canvas. 40.5 by 60.5 cms. Purchased 1995 The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1893 as ‘A big drink’, see A. Graves, ‘The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors’ (Lond...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

159. Foster 885

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 885
Title:
Carpet weavers of Patna weaving striped cotton satringis.. Artist(s): Devis, Arthur William (1762-1822)
Scope & Content:
Carpet weavers of Patna weaving striped cotton ‘satringis.’ Patna, c.1786. Oil on canvas. 44 by 60 cms. Purchased 1995. Provenance: John Biddulph of Ledbury Park, 5 July 1804, No.5; by descent to Michael, 3rd Lord Biddulph; Anon sale, Sotheby’s 21 March 1979; Mme. Krishna Riboud.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1786
Extent:
1 Item

160. Foster 886

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 886
Title:
Half-length portrait of Claudius James Rich. On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Artist(s): Phillips, Thomas (1770-1845)
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of Claudius James Rich, c.1803 Oil on canvas.75 by 63 cms. Presented to the British Museum by the sitter’s widow, date unknown; lent to the British Library by the Trustees of the British Museum. Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), was born in France but brought up in Bristol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item