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Reference (shelfmark):: WD961
Title:: Album of 278 drawings of landscapes, coastlines, costumes and everyday life made during Lord Macartney's embassy to the Emperor of China. Between 1792 and 1794. Artist(s): Alexander, William (1767-1816)
Scope & Content:: 278 drawings (89 folios) made during the voyage to China and during the embassy. Seven drawings are by other hands: f.8 (28) and f.44 (124) by Sir George Staunton, Secretary to the embassy; ff.59, 59v (157-159) by Captain William Henry Parish, Royal Artillery; f.60v, 61 (161-162) by a Chinese ar...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1792-1794
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1017
Title:: An indigo factory in Bengal. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:: Watercolour of an indigo factory in Bengal by William Simpson dated 1863. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Indigo factory. Wm Simpson, 1863.’ Purchased 10 December 1958. This image is the original drawing for plate 38 of Simpson's, 'India, ancient and modern,' published in London in 1867. In the ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1301
Title:: Coconut groves and village by the river: view near Point de Galle (Ceylon). Between December 1803 and January 1804. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
Scope & Content:: Wash drawing, by Henry Salt (1780-1827), of coconut groves and a village by the river near Point de Galle in Sri Lanka, dated between December 1803 and January 1804. This is the original drawing for 'View near Point de Galle, Ceylon', plate 8, of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, t...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1803-1804
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1736
Title:: A palm tree (Caryota species, possibly urens) with details of fruit and leaves. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:: A palm tree (‘Caryota’ species, possibly ‘urens’) with details of fruit and leaves. Pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour; 19 by 11.75 ins. Purchased 8 November, 1961.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1786-1793
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2019
Title:: Date palm (Phoenix Dactylifera). Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:: Date palm ‘(Phoenix Dactylifera).’ Pencil and wash; 10 by 6.75 ins. Purchased 9 May 1962.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1786-1793
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2020
Title:: Leaf of a 'Kujur tree'. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:: Leaf of a 'Kujur tree'. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Cajure tree.’ Pencil and wash; 14.5 by 9.75 ins. Purchased 9 May 1962.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1786-1793
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2423b
Title:: A climbing plant. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
Scope & Content:: A climbing plant.. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2566
Title:: Tree study, Kulu (Punjab). 19 June 1870. Artist(s): Harcourt, Alfred Frederick Pollock (1836-1910)
Scope & Content:: Tree study, Kulu (Punjab). 19 June 1870. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘19 June '70.’ Water-colour; 14 by 9 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2597
Title:: Tree study. 18 September 1884. Artist(s): Harcourt, Alfred Frederick Pollock (1836-1910)
Scope & Content:: Tree study. 18 September 1884. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘18 Sep 84’.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1884
Extent:: 1 Item

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