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2231. WD4135

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4135
Title:
Mounted warrior from Jaipur wearing chainmail and carrying a lance, Retainers Review, Delhi Durbar. Artist(s): Jacomb-Hood, George Percy (1857-1929)
Scope & Content:
Mounted warrior from Jaipur wearing chainmail and carrying a lance. Inscribed: ‘A Native Retainer. G.P. Jacomb Hood 1912’. Water-colour; 27 by 22 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 Item

2232. WD4136

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4136
Title:
Horseman carrying a mace on a strap over his shoulder, Retainers Review, Delhi Durbar. Artist(s): Jacomb-Hood, George Percy (1857-1929)
Scope & Content:
Horseman carrying a mace on a strap over his shoulder. Inscribed: ‘A Native Retainer G.P. Jacomb Hood 1912’. Water-colour; 27 by 22 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 Item

2233. WD4162

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4162
Title:
Arrival of Lord Canning at Lahore, February 1860, with the fort, Ranjit Singh’s memorial and the Badshahi mosque in the distance. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
Arrival of Lord Canning at Lahore, February 1860, with the fort, Ranjit Singh’s memorial and the Badshahi mosque in the distance, see ‘Autobiography’, pp.107-8. Water-colour heightened with white; 34.3 by 46 cm. Purchased 1987. Note: L.B. Bowring, Private Secretary to Lord Canning, describes ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 Item

2234. WD4167

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4167
Title:
The Kinwun Mingyi, or Prime Minister, proceeding to the Hlutaw, the King’s Supreme Court, at Nyaungbinzeik, near Prome, Burma. Formerly Add.Or.749. Artist(s): Trant, Thomas Abercrombie (d. 1882)
Scope & Content:
The Kinwun Mingyi, or Prime Minister, proceeding to the Hlutaw, the King’s Supreme Court, at Nyaungbinzeik, near Prome, Burma. Inscribed: ‘Kee Woonjee proceeding to the Letoo at Necoongbenziek to meet the British Commissioners on the 2nd Oct 1825 to treat for Peace’. Water-colour; 29.7 by 21.7...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 Item

2235. WD4244

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4244
Title:
Calcutta from the Strand during the cyclone of 5 October 1864. Artist(s): Armstrong, John Arthur (b. 1840)
Scope & Content:
Calcutta from the Strand during the cyclone of 5 October 1864. Inscribed: ‘J. Armstrong 1864’. On original album page: ‘Calcutta ‘The Strand’ October 5th 1864’. 24.5 by 34.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 Item

2236. WD4312

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4312
Title:
The Triumph of the Name of Hastings. A study for a large transparency decorating the Calcutta Town Hall for a ball, in December 1822, in honour of the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
Scope & Content:
‘The Triumph of the Name of Hastings.’ A study for a large transparency decorating the Calcutta Town Hall for a ball, in December 1822, in honour of the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings: Peace and Prosperity hold up the wreath encircled name of HASTINGS, while loyal Indians pay homage...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 Item

2237. WD4318

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4318
Title:
Cawnpore. 'Sketch of Genl. Sir Hugh Wheeler’s Entrenchments at Cawnpore 25th August taken from the sap driven by the Mutineers during the Siege of the place'. Artist(s): Loder, Edwin (1827-1885)
Scope & Content:
‘Sketch of Genl. Sir Hugh Wheeler’s Entrenchments at Cawnpore 25th August taken from the sap driven by the Mutineers during the Siege of the place. Drawn by E. Loder’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 23.5 by 31 cm. Note: The buildings are not as damaged as in the Crump lithographs and the tall ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 Item

2238. WD4319

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4319
Title:
Cawnpore. 'Exterior of the House in which the Massacre of our Women and Children took place and the Well down which their bodies were thrown. On the left of the Well are some Graves where those of the Prisoners who Died before the Massacre are buried'.
Scope & Content:
‘Exterior of the House in which the Massacre of our Women and Children took place and the Well down which their bodies were thrown. On the left of the Well are some Graves where those of the Prisoners who Died before the Massacre are buried. Drawn by E. Loder’. Water-colour; 23.7 by 31 cm. N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 Item

2239. WD4320

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4320
Title:
Cawnpore. 'Interior of the Building at Cawnpore in which our Women and Children were fouly Murdered by order of the Nana Sahib on the 15th and 16th of July 1857, consequently upon the advance of the British Troops under General Havelock'. Artist(s): Lo
Scope & Content:
‘Interior of the Building at Cawnpore in which our Women and Children were fouly Murdered by order of the Nana Sahib on the 15th and 16th of July 1857, consequently upon the advance of the British Troops under General Havelock. Drawn by E. Loder’. Water-colour; 24.5 by 30.2 cm. Note: The draw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 Item

2240. WD4463

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4463
Title:
Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
Scope & Content:
Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington) being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace, Madras, by the Nawab ‘Azim al-Daula of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Wellesley is being introduced by a languid Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor of Madras, bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 Item

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