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5941. WD4417

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4417
Title:
Palladian garden house in a wooded park, the front steps crowned with a pair of classical urns. Two ascetics, and a woman paying respects, stand before the house, one of the ascetics holding a staff in one hand and extending the other in blessing. Artist(s): Porter, John Young (1780-1812)
Scope & Content:
Palladian garden house in a wooded park, the front steps crowned with a pair of classical urns. Two ascetics, and a woman paying respects, stand before the house, one of the ascetics holding a staff in one hand and extending the other in blessing. Inscribed on reverse of original mount, now m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 Item

5942. WD4445

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4445
Title:
Album containing portrait studies of Bombay servants, sepoys, etc., 1799-1802, with miscellaneous other drawings connected with the artist's daughter Caroline Soppit 1824-1850. Artist(s): Philipps, Julia (fl. 1799-1802)
Scope & Content:
Album containing 14 water-colours by Julia Philipps, née Page, dated Bombay 1799-1802, together with drawings by her sisters Clarissa Gore, afterwards Campbell, and Caroline Ashburner (see Mss Eur C9) together with drawings connected with her daughter Caroline’s marriage to Capt. Matthew Soppitt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1850
Extent:
1 Item

5943. WD4452

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4452
Title:
A man seated grinding and preparing colours, inscribed Rang Wallah.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
A man seated grinding and preparing colours. Inscribed upper left in pencil and again in ink: ‘Rang Wallah.’ Pencil, pen-and-ink and wash; 200 by 154 mm. Purchased 1999.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786-1792
Extent:
1 Item

5944. WD4469

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4469
Title:
Portrait of Harry A. Carless (1894-1976). Artist(s): Moore, E. Nash (fl. 1940)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Harry Alfred Carless (1894-1976), M.A., LL.B., c. 1940. The subject served in the Indian Police 1914-47; Asst. Supt. 1914; Offg. Supt. 1921; Principal Police Training School Moradabad 1930-31; Police Adviser to the Resident of Rajputana 1944-47. Watercolour and pastel on paper; siz...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

5945. WD4493

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4493
Title:
Album of drawings made during the artist's first tour of India.. Artist(s): Massingham, Mike (b.1952)
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings made during Massingham’s first tour of India in 1986. Cloth covered notebook purchased from a stationer in New Delhi. 290 by 230 mm. Note: Massingham’s luggage was stolen three months into this journey, so this notebook replaced the sketchbook he had originally been using. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1986
Extent:
1 Item

5946. WD4494

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4494
Title:
Album of drawings made during a tour of India, February to May 2001.. Artist(s): Massingham, Mike (b.1952)
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings made during a tour of India, February to May 2001. Aside from those drawings made from memory and on train and bus journeys, these pictures were all drawn on the spot at various places in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi and in the newly established state of Uttaranchal (fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
1 Item

5947. WD4495

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4495
Title:
Nautch at a grand Calcutta mansion, with English guests being entertained. Artist(s): Hutchisson, William Henry Florio (fl. 1815-1861), attributed to
Scope & Content:
A nautch party in a grand Calcutta mansion for Durga Puja, with British visitors being entertained, 1830-40. Dancers and musicians are in the centre before the seated visitors, brilliantly lit from above. The shrine with the Goddess image is in the rear, while the shadowy wings are occupied by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

5948. WD4510

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4510
Title:
Dancing girls and musicians from Madras.. Artist(s): Green, Christopher (c. 1745-1805)
Scope & Content:
GREEN, CHRISTOPHER (c. 1745-1805) Bengal Artillery. Cadet 1770, Lieut. 1774, Capt. 1782, Lt. Col. 1796. Col. 1800, Maj Gen. 1805. Qmr. to newly raised Golandaz Coys. in 1777; 2nd Mysore War, ADC to Col. Pearse; 1787, 2nd Rohilla War, Major commdg. 3rd Bn. Art.; remonstrated with Lord Cornwallis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

5949. WD4524

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4524
Title:
Portrait of Jacob Cowles (1774-1850), East India Company's maritime service, captain of the Indiaman 'Lord Eldon'.. Artist(s): Coslett, R.G. (fl. 1808-27)
Scope & Content:
Small half-length portrait of Jacob Cowles (1774-1850), of the East India Company’s maritime service. He is seated on a chair looking slightly to his right and wears a dark blue coat with black velvet collar, with buff waistcoat and white stock. Signed: ‘R Coslett fecit 1817.’ Cowles was the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1817
Extent:
1 Item

5950. WD4527

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4527
Title:
Three-quarter length portrait of an armed retainer 'Abdallah, his sword and knife attached by bandoliers, and carrying a handaxe.. Artist(s): Nash, Edward (1778-1821)
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait of an armed retainer ‘Abdallah, his sword and knife attached by bandoliers, and carrying a handaxe. Pencil and watercolour; 160 by 118 mm. Signed lower right: ‘EN’; and inscribed on label pasted to reverse of original frame: ‘A Portrait of Abdulla a Mussulman ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805-1806
Extent:
1 Item

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