The Lake, Kandy (Ceylon). 21 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of the Lake at Kandy in Sri Lanka by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 21st April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Lake-Kandy. 21.4.70. N. Chevalier.’ Sri Lanka was a Portuguese colony from the late 16th Century until it was overruled by the Dutch; a colony which l...
N.E. view of a group of temples on the road to the Great Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (Burma). Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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N.E. view of a group of temples on the road to the Great Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (Burma). 1827. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Harriet Fullerton, N.E. view of a group of temples on the road to the Great Shoo Dagon Pagoda. Drawn by Just Gantz, 1827’; on mount in ink:’ Rangoon. Gantz. Honble M...
A European house in Madras. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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Water-colour drawing of a European house in Madras (Chennai) by Justinian Gantz (1802-1862) in 1841. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Madras, 1841.’ Purchased 16 March 1958. Note: In the same style and from the same source as WD1264 and 1265. Justinian Gantz, eldest son of John Gantz, is describe...
View of Circular Road, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, Edward Augustus (1828-1900)
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Watercolour of Circular Road in Calcutta by Edward Augustus Prinsep (1828-1900) dated c.1848. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘On the Circular Road, Calcutta.’ Circular Road in Calcutta was one of the improvements implemented by Marquis Wellesley on his appointment as Governor-General in 1798. Part...
View of Mussoorie (U.P.). Artist(s): Prinsep, Edward Augustus (1828-1900)
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Water-colour painting by Edward Augustus Prinsep (1828-1900) of Mussoorie in Uttar Pradesh, c. 1848. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘At Mussoorie.’ Mussorie, in the Himalayan foothills developed following the popularity of Shimla, the nearby hill station and summer capital of British India. A con...
View of the Brahmaputra and Himalaya mountains from Dibrugarh (Assam). Artist(s): Prinsep, Edward Augustus (1828-1900)
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Watercolour by Edward Augustus Prinsep (1828-1900), of the Brahmaputra and Himalaya mountains from Dibrugarh in Assam, dated c.1848. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Burhampootra & Tibet mountains from Dibrooghur, Assam.’ This view shows the Himalayas, 'the abode of snow', the highest moun...
The Buland Darwaza of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra (U.P.). 1829, from a sketch made in 1827. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)
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Watercolour of the Buland Darwaza of the Jami' Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra in Uttar Pradesh, Sarah E. Amherst, 1829, from a sketch made in 1827. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘The Emperor Akbar’s Gateway at Futtehpore Sicri, 22 miles from Agra. From a Sketch taken in 1827. Sarah E. Amherst...
The Camp of Marquis Wellesley at Cawnpore (U.P.). In the foreground British soldiers and sepoys, and a cavalcade of an elephant and two camels. 21 January 1802. Artist(s): Ward, Maria (fl. 1802)
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Water-colour drawing of the camp of Marquis Wellesley at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) by Maria Ward (fl. 1802) 21 January 1802. In the foreground are British soldiers and sepoys, and a cavalcade of an elephant and two camels. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Maria Ward. Jany 21st, 1802’; on back in ink:...
