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5921. WD4044

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4044
Title:
Album of 57 views and animal studies in pen and ink and pencil with a number of prints. The latter include early experiments with lithography, two on paper watermarked 1820 and one 1822. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
Album (ff.1-58) of views and animal studies in pen and ink and pencil with a number of prints. The latter include early experiments with lithography, two on paper watermarked 1820 and one 1822. D’Oyly did not set up his own Behar Amateur Lithographic Press in Patna until 1828; T. Black’s Asiat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s
Extent:
1 Item

5922. WD4097

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4097
Title:
Study of a pediment inscribed: 'India House. Bacon'
Scope & Content:
Study of a pediment inscribed: ‘India House. Bacon’. c.1795. Pencil; 10.5 by 22 cm. Presented by Mr. B. Weinreb, 1986. Note: The drawing came from a collection associated with the architect Robert Smirke (1752-1845). The pediment is not that of East India House in Leadenhall Street for whi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1795
Extent:
1 Item

5923. WD4116

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4116
Title:
A caparisoned horse, and syce
Scope & Content:
A caparisoned horse, and syce. Inscribed: ‘A. embroidery the same as the saddle B. Wild bulls tails C. Silver chain. Sepoys coat to be purple with white spots. Breeches white’. Water-colour; 20.3 by 32.2 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790-1792
Extent:
1 Item

5924. WD4123

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4123
Title:
An avadhuta, an ascetic standing before his hut, his wife and child nearby. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
An ‘avadhuta’, an ascetic standing before his hut, his wife and child nearby. Inscribed: ‘An Ab’dhoot’. Water-colour; 37.5 by 25.5 cm. Note: See Section 7, no.5 of ‘The Hindoos’, a mirror image of this drawing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1791-1804
Extent:
1 Item

5925. WD4125

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4125
Title:
A standing man spinning cotton, another weaving at a loom with huts beyond. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
A standing man spinning cotton, another weaving at a loom with huts beyond. Pencil; 26.9 by 40 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1791-1804
Extent:
1 Item

5926. WD4171

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4171
Title:
Forty-four drawings, some on tracing paper, of Indian types in an album containing the title page and forty plates from 'Hindoostany Characters engraved and coloured by F. Dormieux', Calcutta, 1805 (P2489-2488).
Scope & Content:
Forty-four drawings, some on tracing paper, of Indian types in an album containing the title page and forty plates from ‘Hindoostany Characters engraved and coloured by F. Dormieux’, Calcutta, 1805. c.1800. The engravings (P2849-2888) have been trimmed and laid down, with ‘Forty’ added before ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

5927. WD4220

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4220
Title:
Scrapbook of 52 drawings depicting the daily life of the Clarence family c.1873-90, along with photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. Almost all are by Clarence, a few by his first wife Blanche. Artist(s): Clarence, Lovell Burchett (1838-1917)
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook (ff.1-52) of drawings in pencil, pen and ink or water-colour depicting the daily life of the Clarence family c.1873-90, along with photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. Almost all are by Clarence, a few by his first wife Blanche, and the album was compiled largely from drawings...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873-1890
Extent:
1 Item

5928. WD4243

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4243
Title:
A busy animated scene in front of an official’s bungalow in Upper India. Beggars and petitioners confront three officials on the steps while the foreground is filled with figures talking, working and going about their business. Artist(s): MacLeod, George Edmonstone (1850-1910)
Scope & Content:
A busy animated scene in front of an official’s bungalow in Upper India. Beggars and petitioners confront three officials on the steps while the foreground is filled with figures talking, working and going about their business, including a group of strolling players with performing monkeys and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 Item

5929. WD4304

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4304
Title:
Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album with paper covers. Cover inscribed: 'Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity'. Some show the same subjects as Sir Charles D’Oyly’s 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs', London, 1848. Artist(s): Wh
Scope & Content:
Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album (ff.1-24) with paper covers. Album 55 by 37.5 cm. Cover inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity - by Coll. G.F. White’. Notes on some of the Calcutta drawings suggest White had the preparation of a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 Item

5930. WD4313

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4313
Title:
A sanyasi, standing before a palm tree. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
A ‘sanyasi’, standing before a palm tree. Inscribed: ‘A Soonassee’. Water-colour; 43.4 by 31 cm. Note: See Section 7, no.6 of ‘The Hindoos’, a mirror image of the drawing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1791-1804
Extent:
1 Item

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