Capturing elephants in Ceylon. c.1825. Military officers supervising the rounding up of elephants
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Capturing elephants in Ceylon. c.1825. Military officers supervising the rounding up of elephants. A group of officers are seated in a ‘machan’. Below stands a headman or local landlord with attendants carrying palm-leaf fans, the insignia of his status. Villagers and military officers s...
CRAMER-ROBERTS, CHARLES J. (1834-1895) British Army 1853-87. Captain 1859; Major 1872; Lieut.-Colonel 1880; Colonel 1884. Served with the 49th Regim ...
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CRAMER-ROBERTS, CHARLES J. (1834-1895) British Army 1853-87. Captain 1859; Major 1872; Lieut.-Colonel 1880; Colonel 1884. Served with the 49th Regiment in the Crimea from April 1855, taking part in the siege and fall of Sebastopol and the assaults of the Redan. He was in India from 1875 to 1887...
Landscape at Hassan-Abdal (Punjab); fakir’s tomb in foreground; snows in distance. 20 February 1876. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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Landscape at Hassan-Abdal (Punjab); fakir’s tomb in foreground; snows in distance. 20 February 1876. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Fakir’s tomb. Hassanabdal. Feb. 20/76. C.J.C.R.’ Water-colour; 9 by 11.5 ins.
Landscape, with ruined building in foreground. Hassan-Abdal (Punjab). 25 February 1876. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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Landscape, with ruined building in foreground. Hassan-Abdal (Punjab). 25 February 1876. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Hassanabdal. Feb. 25. 1876. C.J.C.R.’ Water-colour; 9 by 11.5 ins.
Landscape with river and camels, Jana-ka-Sung (Punjab). 27 Februay 1876. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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Landscape with river and camels, Jana-ka-Sung (Punjab). 27 Februay 1876 Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Jana-ka-Sung. Feb. 27.1876. C.J.C.R.’ Water-colour; 9 by 11.5 ins.
Muslim burial ground, Rawalpindi (Punjab). 14 March 1876. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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Muslim burial ground, Rawalpindi (Punjab). 14 March 1876. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Old Mahomedan Burial ground. Rawul pindee. March 14. 1876. C.J.C.R.’ Water-colour; 10 by 14 ins.
Encampment in wooded valley, Tret (Punjab). 15 April 1876. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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Encampment in wooded valley, Tret (Punjab). 15 April 1876. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘‘Tret’from Dak Bungalow, April 15, 1876. C.J.C.R.’ Water-colour; 9 by 11.25 ins.
Mountain stream emerging from wooded hills; hillman with load in foreground, Hatti (Punjab). 21 April 1876. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
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Mountain stream emerging from wooded hills; hillman with load in foreground, Hatti (Punjab). 21 April 1876. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Hatti. Apri1 21/76.’ Water-colour; 9 by 11.25 ins.
