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1. TRAPAUD, ELISHA (1750-1828)

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TRAPAUD, ELISHA (1750-1828)
Title:
TRAPAUD, ELISHA (1750-1828) Madras Engineers 1778-1828. Captain 1784; Chief Engineer of Madras 1793. Served in the Mysore Wars. He was a good amate ...
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TRAPAUD, ELISHA (1750-1828) Madras Engineers 1778-1828. Captain 1784; Chief Engineer of Madras 1793. Served in the Mysore Wars. He was a good amateur actor, and the crowd at the Pantheon, Madras, used to cheer him and cry 'Crapaud, Crapaud' (Toad, Toad). In 1788 he published a book of uncol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
27 items

2. WD4551

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WD4551
Title:
View of the British settlement of Tappanooly, on the small island of Punchong Cacheel, Sumatra. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828), circle of
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Inscribed below painting in ink: 'View of the Island of Ponchun Cacheel from the North East'; in pencil (incorrectly identified) as Edward Lear. On verso (incorrectly inscribed): 'Edward Lear Author of Nonsense Verses, etc.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD3894

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WD3894
Title:
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the west. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the west. Inscribed: ‘Fort Cornwallis. West Face’. Water-colour; 25 by 41.5 cm in wash borders.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1786
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD3895

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3895
Title:
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Water-colour; 24.8 by 38.5 cm in wash borders. Note: These early views of Fort Cornwallis, with stockaded walls, must have been made shortly after Penang was taken on behalf of the East India Company by Captain Francis Light, and renamed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1786
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD4122

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4122
Title:
The Teppakulam tank and mandapam at the foot of the west side of the Golden Rock at Trichinopoly. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
Scope & Content:
The Teppakulam tank and ‘mandapam’ at the foot of the west side of the Golden Rock at Trichinopoly. Inscribed: ‘South view of Trichinopoly Tank. E. Trapaud 1785’. Water-colour; 25 by 47 cm with wash borders. Presented by Mr. N. Hobhouse, 1986. Note: The ‘mandapam’ appears damaged in the dra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 Item