Island of Onkar Mandhata and the Narbada river. Artist(s): Waddell, Charles Douglas (1821-1884)
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Island of Onkar Mandhata and the Narbada river. Inscribed: ‘Sacred Island of Ooncai Mandata on the Nerbuddah above Mundlasur’ and on reverse: ‘The Sacred Island of Ooncai Mandata in the Nerbuddah above Mundlaisir taken at the flood of the River’. Pencil; 15 by 26.4 cm.
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
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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 ...
Album with laid down drawings, some loose, a few by other hands, mostly of western India. Artist(s): Ray, Gordon Meredith (1912-1993)
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Album (ff.1-15) with laid down drawings, some loose, a few by other hands. Drawings various sizes, album 34.5 by 44 cm. Bequeathed by the artist, 1993, as part of Mss Eur F256/1-26. The album was formerly item 24 and was transferred to Prints and Drawings in July 1993. Mss Eur F256 includes ...
Distant view of the Uzina pagoda, Moulmein. Artist(s): Patey, Russell (fl. 1846)
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Distant view of the Uzina pagoda, Moulmein. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Sept. 46. Moulmein Printing office seen from Naval Bungalow, Pagoda to the back. Time morning Weather foggy. Russell Patey’. Sepia wash over pencil; 24 by 34 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: The drawing came from a group dated be...
Hindu temple beyond a group of thatched houses, Calcutta. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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Hindu temple beyond a group of thatched houses. Inscribed: ‘Near the Strand, Calcutta. Sir C. D’Oyly Bart ad natm. delt 1840’, and on original mount: ‘Part of Old City of Calcutta. by Sir Chas D’Oyly Bt.’ Note: Original drawing for ‘Hindoo temple near the Strand Road’, in ‘Views of Calcutta’,...
'Sattarahtond a Hindoo Temple near Comillah Zillah Typerah'. Worked up from an earlier sketch of February 1839. Artist(s): Layard, Frederic Peter (1818-1891)
Inscribed on reverse: 'View of the Grove, & Cluster of Pagodas, in rear of the British Cantonment, on the north side of City of Baroda; celebrated for the number of Suthees performed there'. Artist(s): Byers, James Broff (1785-1870)
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Inscribed on reverse: ‘View of the Grove, & Cluster of Pagodas, in rear of the British Cantonment, on the north side of City of Baroda; celebrated for the number of Suthees performed there. Sketched on the 2d Decr. 1816. Finished here, 20th Jany. 1817. JBB.’ Signed: ‘J.B. Bryers 1816.’ ...
The Brihadiswaraswami Temple, Tanjore, September 1874. Artist(s): Lear, Edward (1812-1888)
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The Brihadiswaraswami Temple, Tanjore, September 1874. Inscribed: ‘EL. 1875’. Water-colour; 25.4 by 39.5 cm. Purchased 1994. Provenance: The Hon. Mrs. Bonham Carter. Note: Lear's ‘Indian journal’ entry for 20 September 1874: 'This great pyramid is a wonderfully fine thing and, being old an...
Temple in a grove of trees. In the foreground baggage camels and bearers, army tents beyond, with a man sitting beside a brazier. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Temple in a grove of trees. In the foreground baggage camels and bearers, army tents beyond, with a man sitting beside a brazier. Inscribed: ‘Temple of Lutchmee on the Ganges R. G.F.W. del’. Sepia wash; 27.2 by 38.3 cm. Note: It has not been possible to trace this temple, probably drawn on ...
Mandapa of the Surya temple at Konarak, Puri District, from the east
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Mandapa of the Surya temple at Konarak, Puri District, from the east. c.1820. Inscribed on album page:’ Black Pagoda on the sea coast of Orissa. October 1820.’ Water-colour; 28.8 by 39.5 cm.
