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9451. WD4236

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4236
Title:
Inscribed on reverse: 'Mohommed Jaffer, Jemidar of the Governor’s Body Guard at Madras'. Artist(s): Tonelli, Anna (c.1763-1846)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on reverse: ‘Mohommed Jaffer, Jemidar of the Governor’s Body Guard at Madras’. Water-colour; 27 by 22 cm. Note: Possibly the original by Anne Tonelli of that at WD4235 p.38.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1801
Extent:
1 Item

9452. WD4237b

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4237b
Title:
Head of a woman. Artist(s): Tonelli, Anna (c.1763-1846)
Scope & Content:
Head of a woman. Chalk; 13.5 by 10 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1801
Extent:
1 Item

9453. WD4239

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4239
Title:
Raja Tulyaji Bhonsle of Tanjore (1765-87)
Scope & Content:
Raja Tulyaji Bhonsle of Tanjore (1765-87). 1780. Inscribed on reverse panel: ‘Tulsajee Rajah of Tanjore 1780’. Water-colour; 6.5 by 5.5 cm, oval in a cruciform gilt frame. Purchased 1990. Note: Tulyaji, or Tulsajee as he was known by the British, ruler of Tanjore, was dethroned in 1773 by M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

9454. WD4296

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4296
Title:
General Avitabile seated at a table reading, with a woman on his knee, possibly his favourite, Begum Peri. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
General Avitabile seated at a table reading, with a woman on his knee, possibly his favourite, Begum Peri. Inscribed: ‘Le Chevalier General Avitabile Peshawur reading dispatches from Lahore regarding the revolution. Jany. 20th 1841’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 13.2 by 13.5 cm. Purchased 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 Item

9455. WD4299a

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4299a
Title:
Half-length portrait of Sophia Isabella Marriott, sister of General Marriott, wearing a gold silk dress, black veil and mourning brooch
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of Sophia Isabella Marriott, sister of General Marriott, wearing a gold silk dress, black veil and mourning brooch. Inscribed on label on back of original mount: ‘My Great Aunt (Sophia Isabella Marriott) daughter of George Wharton Marriott, B.C. of Inner Temple’, and on rev...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857-c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

9456. WD4300

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4300
Title:
Three heads of Javanese men, by Thomas Daniell. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Three heads of Javanese men, by Thomas Daniell. Probably 1785. Pencil; 15.8 by 21.2 cm. Note: Possibly studies used for ‘Malays of Java’, W. and T. Daniell, ‘Picturesque voyage to India’, London, 1810 plates 15 and 18. Purchased 1993.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 Item

9457. WD4301

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4301
Title:
Standing figure in pink tunic and red sash, wearing large tubulur ear-rings. Inscribed 'Rajah of Chedubah. W.D.'. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Standing figure in pink tunic and red sash, wearing large tubulur ear-rings. By William Daniell. 1795-1800. Inscribed: ‘Rajah of Chedubah, WD’. Water-colour; 30.3 by 20 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: Chedubah is an island off the coast of Burma, also called Foul Island from its evil-smelling vol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785-1800
Extent:
1 Item

9458. WD4311

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4311
Title:
Portrait of Josiah Webbe, Madras Civil Service, head and shoulders to left, in original frame. Artist(s): Hickey, Thomas (1741-1824)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Josiah Webbe, head and shoulders to left. Inscribed: ‘Thomas Hickey 1801’ and on label on back of frame: ‘friend to Mr Cockburn’. Black and white chalk on tinted paper; 24 by 19.5 cm, in original frame. Purchased 1993. Note: See stipple engraving by Charles Knight after this draw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1801
Extent:
1 Item

9459. WD4317

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4317
Title:
Four original drawings by Robert Grindlay in an album compiled by Grindlay of the original drawings for the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone’s 'An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India', London, 1815.. Artist(
Scope & Content:
The album contains four original water-colour drawings by Grindlay, and ten drawings by Indian artists (Add.Or.4670-79), with notes and letters relating to the illustrations of the book. The whole album was offered to Lord Elphinstone in 1865 when a biography of Mountstuart Elphinstone was bein...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 Item

9460. WD4317, f.6

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4317, f.6
Title:
Proof impression before letterpress of frontispiece to vol. 1 of Burnes’ Travels into Bokhara, inscribed: Portrait of Sir Alexr. Burnes in a Cabul dress 1834.. Artist(s): Finden, Edward Francis (1791-1857) after Maclise, Daniel (1806-1870)
Scope & Content:
Proof impression before letterpress of frontispiece to vol. 1 of Burnes’ ‘Travels into Bokhara’, inscribed: ‘Portrait of Sir Alexr. Burnes in a Cabul dress 1834’, and by Grindlay on the album page: ‘from Sir Alexr. Burnes to RMG’. Note: The title of the engraving is actually ‘Cost...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834
Extent:
1 Item

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