Caricature. An English couple and their driver in a pony cart
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An English couple and their driver in a pony cart. Inscribed: ‘Cheechawutnee to Dera Ishmail Khan - 174 miles. Mr and Mrs Abbott. April 1st 1881. Honeymooning in India, F.A.’ 13.5 by 21.5 cm.
Caricature. Two army officers writing letters, attended by their servants
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Two army officers writing letters, attended by their servants. Inscribed: ‘Picture of two officers writing letters in the tropics. This is Abbott. Please notice the hair being blown about. Mess waiter with pegs. Native forcing cold air into room through a thermantidote’. 8 by 13 cm.
Album with sixty-seven humorous drawings of domestic and social life, mainly in Western India, made soon after the Hancocks’ arrival. Artist(s): Hancock, Madeline (fl. 1865-66)
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Album with sixty-seven humorous drawings of domestic and social life, mainly in Western India, made soon after the Hancocks’ arrival. Drawings in pen and ink on oiled silk, various sizes laid down on album pages with captions below. Inscribed on inside cover: ‘With Madeline’s best love. M Ha...
Commonplace book containing poems, watercolours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson and Shiv Dayal. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
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Commonplace book (ff.1-136) containing poems, water-colours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson, Jai Ram Das and Shiv Dayal. A few pages have an 1814 watermark but the album appears to have been compiled between 181...