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Project / Collection MacKenzie Collection Language Not applicable Subject Military

1. WD569

Reference (shelfmark):
WD569
Title:
View of Nandidrug (Mysore), with the batteries firing during the siege. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(1) View of Nandidrug, with the batteries firing during the siege. 1791. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘No.1. View of Nundidroog with the Batteries firing on’ ‘the Place during the Siege of 1791.’ Water-colour; 16.5 by 21.5 ins. Note: MacKenzie was congratulated by Cornwallis for the part he p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD572

Reference (shelfmark):
WD572
Title:
Cornwallis's army marching towards Malwakul (Mysore). 26 February 1791. Copy of an original drawing sketched on the spot by Mackenzie(?). Artist(s): Newman, John G. (d.1817)
Scope & Content:
(4) Cornwallis's army on the march in 1791, taken from a hill fort probably in Baramahal. 26 February 1791. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Distant view of Mulwakull and of Earl Cornwallis's Army -filing off towards that place on the March. February 26th, 1791. Sketched on the spot by-. J.G. Newman...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD593

Reference (shelfmark):
WD593
Title:
View of the Shirawati river, Garsoppa, with encampment, a sepoy standing guard. April 1806. The finished version of WD850.
Scope & Content:
(25) Camp by a river; a sepoy standing guard. Water-colour; 10.25 by 15.25 ins. Note: Compare WD850, the preparatory drawing, which identifies the scene as a view of the Shirawati river, Garsoppa, April 1806.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD638

Reference (shelfmark):
WD638
Title:
A fakir's hut in the valley of Periyakulam; an ascetic and a European with sepoys in the foreground. May 1784. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(14) A fakir's hut in the valley of Periyakulam; an ascetic and a European with sepoys in the foreground. May 1784. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Habitation of a Fakeer on a Rock in the Vale of Periacollum, May 1784. District of Dindigul.’ Water-colour; 12 by 19 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD776

Reference (shelfmark):
WD776
Title:
Battle scene
Scope & Content:
(46) Battle scene. Pencil on grey paper; 4.5 by 12.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1820
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD840

Reference (shelfmark):
WD840
Title:
Elevation of a gun belonging to Tipu Sultan. 3 January 1806
Scope & Content:
(110) Elevation of a gun belonging to Tipu Sultan. 3 January 1806. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Ordnance. Elevation of one of Tippoo's Gallopers on its Carriage at Shikarpoor - 3rd January, 1806’; also measurements. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 10 by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD841

Reference (shelfmark):
WD841
Title:
Plan of gun belonging to Tipu Sultan. 3 January 1806
Scope & Content:
(111) Plan of gun belonging to Tipu Sultan. 3 January 1806. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Plan.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 9 by by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD850

Reference (shelfmark):
WD850
Title:
View of the Shirawati river, Garsoppa, with encampment. April 1806. Preparatory drawing for WD593.
Scope & Content:
(120) View of the Shirawati river, Garsoppa. April 1806. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the Shirawatty River at Gairsoppa. April 1806.’ Wash; 10 by 15.5 ins. Note: Preparatory drawing for WD593.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD859

Reference (shelfmark):
WD859
Title:
A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Artist(s): Lang, George (fl. 1790-1814)
Scope & Content:
(3) A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Giving to horror grace to Danger’ ... Water-colour; 14.25 by 20.5 ins. Note: George Lang served in the Madras Army from 1790 to 1814. He became a Major in 1805.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1814
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD860

Reference (shelfmark):
WD860
Title:
A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Copy of WD 859. Artist(s): 'Abdullah, Shaikh (fl. 1818-1819)
Scope & Content:
(4) A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Copy of WD859. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Pindaries put to Flight. From an original by Major Lang. Copied by Shaik Ubdallah.’ Water-colour; 7.25 by 10.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1819
Extent:
1 Item