The city of Murshidabad (Bengal) with the banqueting hall of the Nawab's old palace seen from the river.. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
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The city of Murshidabad (Bengal) with the Nawab's old palace seen from the river. Inscribed on mount in pencil: ‘Nawab's House at the City of Moorsedavad’. Note: This is the Nawab's old palace (not new, as in the printed catalogue) erected by Major Fleming whom Smith assisted on his arrival in...
Taxila gate and city of Peshawar (N.W.F.P.); camels in foreground. 20 March 1879. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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Taxila gate and city of Peshawar (N.W.F.P.); camels in foreground. 20 March 1879. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Taxila Gate. City of Peshawur from Fort-with commissariat camel sheds and pens. C.J.C.R. 20/3/79.’ Water-colour; 9 by 12 ins.
View of Srinagar town with snows in distance, Srinagar (Kashmir). Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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View of Srinagar town with snows in distance, Srinagar (Kashmir). 1886. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘Srinugger with Kashmir Mission. C.J.C.R’.; in pencil:’ General View of Srinugger showing Kashmir Mission.’
View of the settlement, False Bay (S. Africa), with sailing ships in foreground. Artist(s): Skynner, W.A. (fl. 1776)
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View of the settlement, False Bay (S. Africa), with sailing ships in foreground. 1776. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A View of False Bay. W.A. Skynner’; on back in red ink: ‘7’. Pen-and-ink; 9.25 by 15.25 ins.
Album of 19 drawings of scenes and landscapes made during an embassy to Abyssinia. 1841-1843. Artist(s): Bernatz, Johann Martin (1802-1878)
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19 drawings of scenes and landscapes made during an embassy to Ethiopia. 1841-1843. Inscribed on fly-leaf: ‘Views in Abyssinia. Painted by Mr Bernatz during Major Harris's mission to Shoa, illustrating the scenery of the localities in which the Colobus Guereza (Ruppel), the Cynocephalus Gelad...
View from the River Ganges of the burning ghats, Benares (U.P.). Probably 14 December 1873. Artist(s): Lear, Edward (1812-1888)
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View from the River Ganges of the burning ghats, Benares (U.P.). Probably 14 December 1873. Signed with monogram: ‘E.L.’ Water-colour; 6.5 by 10.25 ins. Purchased 2 June 1965. From the collection of (1) William Selkirk, (2) Hon. Mrs. D. Fellowes. Note: The ghats shown in the drawing are, f...
Landscape with tank and trees on the old Circular Road, Calcutta (Bengal). 1861 or 1867. Artist(s): Baden-Powell, Baden Henry (1841-1901)
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Landscape with tank and trees on the old Circular Road, Calcutta (Bengal). 1861 or 1867. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘A View early morning on the old Circular road near Calcutta. B.H. Baden-Powell, C.I.E.’; in ink: ditto and: ‘1861 (or 7)’. Water-colour; 14 by 20.25 ins.