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582. C.44.h.5, 4(Frontis.)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- C.44.h.5, 4(Frontis.)
- Title:
- View of western nave [of the Crystal Palace, London]. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the interior of the gallery in the western nave of the Great Exhibition buildings.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1851
- Extent:
- 1 item
583. Foster 29
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 29
- Title:
- Shah 'Alam (Mughal Emperor 1759-1806) conveying the Grant of the Diwani to Lord Clive, August 1765. The Emperor,is seated on his throne under a canopy. He is handing the grant to Lord Clive, who stands on his right. Artist(s): West, Benjamin (1738-1820)
- Scope & Content:
- Shah ‘Alam (Mughal Emperor 1759-1806) conveying the Grant of the Diwani to Lord Clive, August 1765.. A copy by West of his original painted 1774-95 commissioned by the first Lord Clive; the copy commissioned by his son the Earl of Powis c.1818, and presented to the East India Compnay in 1820. T...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1818
- Extent:
- 1 Item
584. Foster 91
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 91
- Title:
- Lord Clive (1725-74) receiving from the Nawab of Bengal the grant of the sum of money for Lord Clive's Fund' for the relief of distressed soldiers and their dependents. Artist(s): Penny, Edward (1714-1791)
- Scope & Content:
- Lord Clive (1725-74) receiving from the Nawab of Bengal the grant of the sum of money which was later used to establish the charity known as ‘Lord Clive’s Fund’ for helping disabled soldiers as well as widows of those dying in the Company’s service. Painted 1772-73. The principal figure is Cli...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1772-1773
- Extent:
- 1 Item
585. Foster 198
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 198
- Title:
- The Siege of Multan, 1849. The final attack is depicted, as viewed from the British trenches. Artist(s): Martens, Henry (1790-after 1866)
- Scope & Content:
- The Siege of Multan, 1849 The final attack is depicted, as viewed from the British trenches. In the distance the storming party are seen swarming over the walls, on which an officer has succeeded in planting the colours. Officers and guns in foreground. 14 by 24 ins (35.5 by 61 cms) Present...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1849
- Extent:
- 1 Item
586. Foster 213
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 213
- Title:
- Darbar at Udaipur, Rajasthan, January 1855. Maharana Sarup Singh sits in the centre with attendants. To the left are European officials led by Colonel Henry Lawrence. Artist(s): Lewis, Frederick Christian (1813-1875)
- Scope & Content:
- Darbar at Udaipur, Rajasthan, 1855, February 1855 In the centre of the picture is seated the Maharana of Udaipur, Sarup Singh. Behind him are two attendants with peacock-feather fans. Through an arch can be seen a lake with pavilions. On the Maharana’s right are Colonel Sir Henry Lawrence, K...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1855
- Extent:
- 1 Item
587. Foster 301
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 301
- Title:
- Edward Pellew,1st Viscount Exmouth, Admiral (1757-1835). A full-length figure. Pellew is shown standing on his quarter-deck, during the bombardment of Algiers, bareheaded, a telescope in his right hand and the left raised. Artist(s): Beechey, Sir William (1753-1839)
- Scope & Content:
- Edward Pellew,1st Viscount Exmouth, Admiral (1757-1835) c.1817 A full-length figure. Pellew is shown standing on his quarter-deck, during the bombardment of Algiers, bareheaded, a telescope in his right hand and the left raised. He wears the ribbon and insignia of the Bath and several foreign...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1817
- Extent:
- 1 Item
588. Foster 657
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 657
- Title:
- The Burning of the 'Kent', East Indiaman. This incident occurred in the Bay of Biscay on 1 March 1825. Artist(s): Hemy, Thomas Marie Madawaska (fl. 1874-1931)
- Scope & Content:
- The Burning of the Kent, East Indiamen, 1825. Painted 1897. Signed and dated by the artist lower left: ‘Thomas M. Hemy 1897’ This incident occurred in the Bay of Biscay on 1 March 1825. On the left the Kent is seen in flames; on the right the ‘Cambria’ of Falmouth, whose master, William Cook...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1900
- Extent:
- 1 Item
589. Foster 664
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 664
- Title:
- India's Homage to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. Artist(s): Salisbury, Frank O. (1874-1962)
- Scope & Content:
- India’s Homage to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, 1924 The King Emperor’s four Sikh Indian Orderly Officers, Risaldar Jiwan Singh, I.D.S.M., Subadar Harnath Singh, M.C., I.O.M., Risaldar Rewat Singh, M.C., and Subadar-Major Bir Singh, M.C., standing by the grave of the Unk...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1924
- Extent:
- 1 Item
590. Foster 825
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 825
- Title:
- Mrs Louisa Brown holding the journal of her son Major Lewis Brown (5th Bombay N.I.). Her son won fame as defender of the fort at Kahan in Baluchistan in 1840.
- Scope & Content:
- Mrs. Louisa Brown holding her son’s journal c.1841 She is wearing a black satin dress, grey and black stole and white bonnet and is seated at a table covered with a golden-brown cloth. In her right hand she holds her spectacles and in her left a red bound journal. On the table lies a letter, ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1841
- Extent:
- 1 Item