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1. WD966-969, WD2414, WD1261, Mss Eur D1120, WD3267-3271, WD4389-4390

Reference (shelfmark):
WD966-969, WD2414, WD1261, Mss Eur D1120, WD3267-3271, WD4389-4390
Title:
DAVIS, SAMUEL (1756/7-1819) Davis went to India in 1780 in the Madras Infantry and fought against Haidar ‘Ali. In 1783 he was admitted to the Company ...
Scope & Content:
DAVIS, SAMUEL (1756/7-1819) Davis went to India in 1780 in the Madras Infantry and fought against Haidar ‘Ali. In 1783 he was admitted to the Company’s civil service and accompanied Samuel Turner’s embassy to Tibet, but did not himself proceed beyond Bhutan. Davis was a keen amateur artist, and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1781-1811
Extent:
14 items

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