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Reference (shelfmark):: WD3284
Title:: Street scene with marching soldiers, Nepal. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:: Street scene with marching soldiers, Nepal. Water-colour; 37.5 by 54.5 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1850-1863
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3358
Title:: Cantonment bungalows and fort, Bhuj. Artist(s): Parr, Harriet (fl. 1850-1852)
Scope & Content:: Cantonment bungalows and fort, Bhuj. Inscribed: ‘Bhooj. H.P. 1852’. Pencil and water-colour heightened with white; 27.5 by 38.3 cm. Purchased 1974 together with a drawing of their bungalow by an Indian artist, see Add.Or.3806 and a plan by Harriet Parr, Add.Or.3807.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1852
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3389
Title:: Sketchbook containing 95 drawings, including figure, animal and plant studies, interiors, soldiers, camp scenes, views in Punjab including Karor, Jhelum valley, Kotli, Murree. Artist(s): Bourne, Lady Heather Frances (b. 1898)
Scope & Content:: Sketchbook (pp.1-95) 22.6 by 17.5 cm. Drawings made 1921-2. Figure, animal and plant studies, interiors, soldiers, camp scenes, views in Punjab including Karor, Jhelum valley, Kotli, Murree.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1921-1922
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3402
Title:: Full length study of a Sikh soldier. Artist(s): Westley, C. (fl. 1885-1950)
Scope & Content:: Full length study of a Sikh soldier c.1903. Inscribed: ‘The 15th Ludhiana Sikhs. Cedric’ and on reverse: ‘Miss Watson 20 Lt. House St’. Gouache on grey board; 27.2 by 19.5 cm. Presented by the Rt. Hon. Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, 1975.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1903
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3403
Title:: Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant-General John Skelton (1764-1841) in uniform
Scope & Content:: Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant-General John Skelton (1764-1841) in uniform, c.1815. Gouache on ivory; 10 by 8 cm. Note: John Skelton, Bombay Infantry. He was appointed Governor of St. Helena from April 1813 to May 1816 during the early years of Napoleon’s exile to the island.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1815
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3465
Title:: Plan and elevation. 'Plan of the Gun Shed proposed to be Erected at Fattyghur. Scale 20 ft to one Inch. NB The West and North a Dead Wall to keep off the Hot Winds. James Nath. Rind. 11 Bn. agent for Dy. Dr. Mr. General. Fattyghur July 26th 1797'
Scope & Content:: Plan and elevation. ‘Plan of the Gun Shed proposed to be Erected at Fattyghur. Scale 20 ft to one Inch. NB The West and North a Dead Wall to keep off the Hot Winds. James Nath. Rind. 11 Bn. agent for Dy. Dr. Mr. General. Fattyghur July 26th 1797’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 24.5 by 38...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1797
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3539
Title:: Ward in a military hospital with the artist depicted lower left. Artist(s): Cavendish, W. (c.1880)
Scope & Content:: Ward in a military hospital with the artist depicted lower left. Inscribed: ‘W.’ ‘Cavendish’. Pencil; 25.4 by 34 cm. Presented by Mr. J. Fraser, 1976.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3547
Title:: Gwalior fort from the north-east, August 1780, with the union flag flying above the battlements. Artist(s): Hicks, John (d. 1781)
Scope & Content:: Gwalior fort from the north-east, August 1780, with the union flag flying above the battlements. Wash; 31.3 by 57.4 cm. Purchased 1976. Note: See also WD750, Mackenzie collection, and a line engraving based on the drawings, P788, inscribed: ‘To Major William Popham, and the rest of the Office...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3550
Title:: A sawar of the Governor-Generals bodyguard holding a lance with pennant. Government House, Calcutta in the background
Scope & Content:: A ‘sawar’ of the Governor-General's bodyguard holding a lance with pennant. Government House, Calcutta in the background.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3635
Title:: 'Sketch of the Town and Fort of Pegu shewing the line of attack on the 4th June 1852. June 30th 1852 copied from Lt. Mayne’s. F.C. Maisey'. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles (1825-1892)
Scope & Content:: ‘Sketch of the Town and Fort of Pegu shewing the line of attack on the 4th June 1852. June 30th 1852 copied from Lt. Mayne’s. F.C. Maisey’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 18.8 by 28.6 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1852
Extent:: 1 Item

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