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921. WD540(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(58)
Title:
Silleh-myo.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Silleh-myo.’ ABOUT three hours steaming brought the flotilla to Silleh Myo, a town on the east bank; at some former time, says Colonel Symes ‘an ancient city, which once had been a place of considerable note.’ It was said to be famous for its silk manufacture or trade, but nothing of it was no...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

922. WD540(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(69)
Title:
Burmese Travelling Cart.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Burmese Travelling Cart.’ THE contrast which the elegantly and laboriously carved bodies of these conveyances form with the massive rusticity of the wheels is strikingly odd, but quite in keeping with the principle which is exhibited in the construction of the lower portions of the beautiful M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

923. WD686

Reference (shelfmark):
WD686
Title:
N. view of Manikapatam ferry on the Chilka Lake (Orissa). Artist(s): Schencks, J.H. (fl. 1819)
Scope & Content:
(12) N. view of Manikapatam ferry on the Chilka Lake (Orissa). Inscribed on front in ink: ‘North View of Maneekapatam Ferry in the Chilka Lake. Copied by J.H. Schencks.’ Water-colour; 12 by 19 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1819
Extent:
1 Item

924. WD793

Reference (shelfmark):
WD793
Title:
View of ships along a coastline. Copy of WD2732
Scope & Content:
(63) British station with sailing ships. Pencil; 7 by 14.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1820
Extent:
1 Item

925. WD833

Reference (shelfmark):
WD833
Title:
Plan of boat with out-rigger
Scope & Content:
(103) Plan of boat with out-rigger. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Hindoo Naval Architecture’; also measurements. Pen-and-ink; 9.75 by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1820
Extent:
1 Item

926. WD838

Reference (shelfmark):
WD838
Title:
Plan of carriage for lifting heavy stones, near Seringapatam (Mysore). 1 March 1807
Scope & Content:
(108) Plan of carriage for lifting heavy stones, near Seringapatam. 1 March 1807. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Plan of the Carriage on which a Granite Obelisk of - Feet high was transported from its Native Rocky Bed to the Site of its Erection at Somwarpett near Seringapatam’; also measurements...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 Item

927. WD839

Reference (shelfmark):
WD839
Title:
Front and side views of the same carriage. 1 March 1807. Artist(s): Hamilton, Henry (1786-1826)
Scope & Content:
(109) Front and side views of the same carriage. 1 March 1807. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Front View. Side View. March 1. 1807 near Somaurpett. Taken in the spot on 1st March 1807 by H. Hamilton.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 10 by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 Item

928. WD892

Reference (shelfmark):
WD892
Title:
Ferry on the river at Byabang (W. Java). 29 December 1811. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(6) Ferry on the river at Byabang (W. Java). 29 December 1811. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Byabang. 29 Decr. 1811.’ Pen-and-ink; 11 by 15 ins. Note: Original sketch for WD953 f.78 (89). This sketch must have been made on the day that MacKenzie saw Raffles off at Semarang for Batavia. On b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 Item

929. WD959

Reference (shelfmark):
WD959
Title:
Album of 372 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:
372 drawings (70 folios) made during the voyage to China and during the embassy, arranged in two sections: section 1, ff.1-30 and section ii, ff.31-70. 3 drawings are by other hands: f.48 (67) by J. Barrow, Comptroller of the Household to Lord Macartney; f.49 (74) by a 'Chinese mandarin'; f.64 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792-1794
Extent:
1 Item

930. WD961

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

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