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2. WD1261
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1261
- Title:
- Ruined Muslim tombs at Jaunpur (U.P.). Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- Ruined Muslim tombs at Jaunpur (U.P.). 1798. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Muhomedan Tombs at Jaunpore. S. Davis, 1798.’ Water-colour; 18.25 by 28 ins. Purchased 15 March 1958.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1798
- Extent:
- 1 Item
3. WD2414
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2414
- Title:
- Ancient tower among the ruins of Gaur (Bengal). Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- Ancient tower among the ruins of Gaur (Bengal). c.1791. Inscribed: ‘S. Davis’. Water-colour; 22 by 19 ins. Cirumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Note: Gaur was the capital of Bengal under its ancient Hindu Kings, and after about A.D. 1200 under Muslim rulers. The ruins were frequently ex...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1791
- Extent:
- 1 Item
4. WD3270
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3270
- Title:
- Distant view of Punakha Dzong seen from the south. Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- Distant view of Punakha Dzong seen from the south. 44.7 by 66 cm. Note: A similar untraced view was used by George Stubbs as the background to a painting of a yak. The animal had been sent to Hastings on his return to England.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1783
- Extent:
- 1 Item
5. WD3269
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3269
- Title:
- Temple in the Thimphu valley with a distant view of Simtokha Dzong. Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- Temple in the Thinphu valley with a distant view of Simtokha Dzong. Various pencil inscriptions on reverse in later hands. 48 by 70 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1783
- Extent:
- 1 Item
6. WD968
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD968
- Title:
- The garden front of Ghireti House, near Chandernagore (Bengal); a lady arriving in her tonjaun. Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- The garden front of Ghireti House, near Chandernagore (Bengal); a lady arriving in her tonjaun. 1782. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Garden Front of Ghiretty House upon the Banks of the River Hughley in Bengal. S. Davis. 1782’. Water-colour; 17 by 28.5 ins. Note: Ghireti House was the coun...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1782
- Extent:
- 1 Item
7. WD4389
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4389
- Title:
- Portrait head to left of Samuel Davis, wearing a fur cap. Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- Portrait head to left of Samuel Davis, wearing a fur cap. Label inscribed: ‘Samuel Davis F.R.S. Judge of Benares, and in 1799 received the thanks of the governor-general for the gallent defence made by him against the usurped Vizier Ali and an armed force.’ Pencil; 23 by 17.8 cm. Note: The in...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1810
- Extent:
- 1 Item
8. WD969
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD969
- Title:
- View of Ghireti House on the banks of the Hooghly River from the Chandernagore race-course (Bengal). Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- View of Ghireti House on the banks of the Hooghly River from the Chandernagore race-course (Bengal). 1782. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Ghiretty House upon the Banks of the River Hughley, taken from the Chandernagore Race Ground. S. Davis. 1782.’ Water-colour; 17 by 29 ins.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1782
- Extent:
- 1 Item
9. WD3267
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3267
- Title:
- The palace of Tashichö Dzong on the right, a covered bridge over the river and a wayside shrine with prayer flags on the left. Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- The palace of Tashichö Dzong on the right, a covered bridge over the river and a wayside shrine with prayer flags on the left. 46 by 66.8 cm. Note: Tashichö Dzong was the summer capital of Bhutan, rebuilt in 1773 after an earlier palace, built in 1642, was destroyed by fire.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1783
- Extent:
- 1 Item
10. WD3271
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3271
- Title:
- Punakha Dzong, the old winter capital of Bhutan. Artist(s): Davis, Samuel (1756/7-1819)
- Scope & Content:
- Punakha Dzong, the old winter capital of Bhutan. 45.5 by 67 cm. Note: See plate IX, Turner.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1783
- Extent:
- 1 Item