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42. Add Or 5038
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5038
- Title:
- Pan seller
- Scope & Content:
- Pan seller Inscribed: ‘Pawn seller.’ The image is framed by a black border. The image continues outside of the frame. 24.2 by 19.7cm
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1820
- Extent:
- 1 Item
43. Add Or 5340, f.7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5340, f.7
- Title:
- Two well dressed young men attempting to buy a boot. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
- Scope & Content:
- Two well dressed young men attempting to buy a boot. Signed: ‘M.V. Dhurandhar.’ Inscribed below: ‘Two pice only.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1899
- Extent:
- 1 Item
44. Foster 8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 8
- Title:
- Britannia being presented with the riches of the East. Symbolical group illustrating the commercial wealth of Britain. Commissioned by the East India Company in 1728 for the Court Room of East India House. Artist(s): Rysbrack, Michael (1694-1770)
- Scope & Content:
- Symbolical group illustrating the commercial wealth of Britain, 1729-30. Britannia, seated on a globe under a rock by the sea shore is looking towards the east. Her right hand leans on a Union shield and her left holds a trident. She wears a naval crown. Before her stand three female figures; In...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1729-1730
- Extent:
- 1 Item
45. Foster 35
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 35
- Title:
- Cape of Good Hope. Table Mountain dominates the picture. On the shore is seen a walled fort, from which flies the Dutch flag. To the right is another fortified building, and behind are a number of warehouses or dwellings. Shipping in the foreground. Ar
- Scope & Content:
- Cape of Good Hope, c.1731 Table Mountain, flanked by two other lofty hills, dominates the picture. On the shore is seen a walled fort, from which flies the Dutch flag. To the right is another fortified building, and behind are a number of warehouses or dwellings. In the roads, besides severa...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1731
- Extent:
- 1 Item
46. Foster 37
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 37
- Title:
- The island of St Helena, as seen from the north west, with Jamestown, in the centre of the picture. Along the sea-front runs a double wall of fortifications. On either side of the town rise precipitous cliffs. English ships are in the foreground. Artis
- Scope & Content:
- St. Helena, c.1731 The island of St. Helena, as seen from the north west, with Jamestown, the principal settlement and the head-quarters of the government, in the centre of the picture. Along the sea-front runs a double wall of fortifications, on the centre bastion of which flies the British f...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1731
- Extent:
- 1 Item
47. Foster 40
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 40
- Title:
- Tellicherry, Kerala. A large goods-shed stands near the shore; and a few houses are visible behind and at the side. To the left is the fort, from a bastion of which flies the Union Jack. Shipping in the foreground, wooded hills in the background. Artis
- Scope & Content:
- Tellicherry, Kerala, c.1731 A large goods-shed, with open sides and a fence, stands near the shore; and a few houses are visible behind and at the side. To the left is the fort, from a bastion of which flies the Union Jack. It contains two considerable buildings and some subsidiary ones; and ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1731
- Extent:
- 1 Item
48. Foster 48
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 48
- Title:
- Bombay. The E.I. Company warehouse is in the centre, the castle is on the right with Union Jack flying and a number of warehouse are on the left. The foreground is occupied by shipping with a large boat flying the Company's colours. Artist(s): Lambert,
- Scope & Content:
- Bombay, c.1731 In the centre of the picture is a large white building, with a high gateway surmounted by a coat of arms; this seems to be ‘the Bunder or Company’s Warehouses’ marked in Grose’s map (about 1760). In front, a pier projects into the harbour. On the right stands the castle, with the...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1731
- Extent:
- 1 Item
49. Foster 107
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 107
- Title:
- Charles Lamb (1775-1834), clerk in the East India House, 1792-1825. A seated figure, three-quarter length, dressed in black, with East India House in the background. Artist(s): Meyer, Henry (1782-1847)
- Scope & Content:
- Charles Lamb (1775-1834), clerk in the East India House 1792-1825, 1826 A seated figure, three-quarter length, dressed in black. The right hand, holding a pen, rests upon a number of official documents. Behind are two volumes, one of which is labelled ‘Elia’. A red curtain forms the backgrou...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1826
- Extent:
- 1 Item
50. Foster 245
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 245
- Title:
- The East offering its riches to Britannia. Allegorical ceiling piece commissioned by the East India Company in 1777 for the Revenue Committe room in East India House. Artist(s): Roma, Spiridione (c. 1737-1781)
- Scope & Content:
- The East offering its riches to Britannia, 1778 ‘The principal figure represents Britannia seated on a rock, to signify the firmness and stability of the empire; and as guardian and protectress of the Company, who are denoted by children behind Britannia, and overshadowed by her veil. The unio...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1778
- Extent:
- 1 Item