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1. 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...
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India Office Records and Private Papers
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Date Range:
c 1814
Extent:
1 Item

2. Mss Eur F21/2

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Mss Eur F21/2
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Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, containing a map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 and 3 by Frans Balthazar Solvyns. The rest are copies of others' sketches perhaps by Solvyns.. Artist(s): Solvyns, F
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A map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, from an ‘Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,’ compiled by Captain Alexander Kyd (1754-1826), c.1792. He was the nephew of Robert Kyd (1746-93), founder of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens at Sibpur. Alexander in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
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Date Range:
1787-1792
Extent:
1 Item

3. Mss Eur F54

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Mss Eur F54
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70 miscellaneous sketches of portraits, antiquities and everyday scenes in a scrap-book, Java and Banka. Between 1800 and 1818. The sketches of tin-mining were made in Banka between 1812 and 1813. Various artists, including Horsfield and his draftsmen.
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70 miscellaneous sketches of portraits, antiquities and everyday scenes in a scrap-book (153 folios), Java and Banka, 1800-1818. Some of the drawings are by Horsfield himself, others by his draftsmen, and a few from other sources. ff.10 and 28 are by A.A.J. Payen. The sketches of tin-mining ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
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Date Range:
1800-1818
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1 Item

4. Mss Eur F85/58, ff.3-41

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Mss Eur F85/58, ff.3-41
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A sketch of Hakim Khuda Baksh and Din Muhammad Syed Imam Shah seated together and a torn sketch-book containing 21 portrait-sketches, head and shoulders, made as aide-memoire to the manuscript 'Notes on Sikh Officers after 2nd Sikh War'. c. 1849. Artis
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Deposited on permanent loan by his descendant, John W. Lawrence Esq., 14 May 1954, and donated in 1992. f.3 Sketch of Hakim Khuda Baksh and Din Muhammad Syed Imam Shah seated together. c.1849. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Hakeem Khoda Baksh Deen Mohammad Syud Imam Shah.’ Pen-and-ink; 5 by 9 ins...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
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Date Range:
c 1849
Extent:
1 Item

5. Mss Eur G38/1/II, Vd

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Mss Eur G38/1/II, Vd
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Maharaja Kharak Singh of the Punjab (1839)
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Maharaja Kharak Singh of the Punjab (1839-40). Punjab Plains, Sikh, mid-19th century. Bowring Album; purchased July 1959. Gouache; oval. 88 by 70 mm. Maharaja Kharak Singh is depicted half-length, dressed in red and green, holding a white kerchief.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
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Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item