Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the smoking of opium.
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (iii).
Scrapbook containing pencil drawings and watercolours by various artists, including Sir Charles D'Oyly, some probably collected when Lord Hastings returned to Europe. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook (ff.1-66) in cream leather covers, stamped in gold, containing pencil drawings and water-colours by various artists, some probably collected after the Hastings returned to Europe. The drawings are tipped on to buff paper, a few with inscriptions below or on the following page. Album...