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Reference (shelfmark):: WD2379
Title:: Rope Bridge over the Kishuganga River (Himalayas). Artist(s): Baden-Powell, Baden Henry (1841-1901)
Scope & Content:: Rope Bridge over the Kishuganga River (Himalayas). c.1872. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Rope Bridge over the Kishuganga. B.H. Baden-Powell. C.I.E.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 14 by 20 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2380-2383
Title:: WD2380-2383 4 drawings of Mysore hill forts. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. ...
Scope & Content:: WD2380-2383 4 drawings of Mysore hill forts. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1798-1800
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2381
Title:: View of the hill fort of Chitaldrug (Mysore)
Scope & Content:: Inscribed on mount: ‘Views of Chitaldroog.’ Water-colour; 6 by 10 ins. Note: The fortifications and batteries at Chitaldrug were built by Haidar ‘Ali and Tipu Sultan. After the latter’s death, the fort was garrisoned by British troops for some years, but given up because of sickness. Foster ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1799
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2382
Title:: Bastion of outer rampart of fortifications on N.W. face of Seringapatam (Mysore), where Tipu Sultan had his headquarters during the attack by the British in May 1799
Scope & Content:: Bastion of outer rampart of fortifications on N.W. face of Seringapatam, where Tipu Sultan had his headquarters during the attack by the British in May 1799- c.1799. Inscribed on mount: ‘Views of Seringapatam.’ Water-colour; 5.25 by 8.5 ins. Foster Catalogue, no.271.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1799
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2383
Title:: N.W. view of Seringapatam (Mysore)
Scope & Content:: N.W. view of Seringapatam. c.1799.’ Inscribed on mount: ‘Views of Seringapatam.’ Water-colour; 6 by 10 ins. Foster Catalogue, no.272.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1799
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2384
Title:: The Carnatic, East Indiaman. c.1800. A group of sailing ships in the Downs, the Carnatic being the central vessel
Scope & Content:: The ‘Carnatic’, East Indiaman. c.1800. A group of sailing ships in the Downs, the ‘Carnatic’ being the central vessel. Water-colour; 18 by 24.25 ins. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Note: For logs of the ‘Carnatic’s’ voyages see Ships’ Logs, 1702-1856, India Office Records (L/MAR/B...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2385
Title:: Marquis Wellesley, mounted on a white horse, accompanied by officers in red uniforms, reviewing his bodyguard at Ballygunge, near Calcutta. Coat of arms on mount. July 1805. Artist(s): Pichon, Jean-Jacques (fl. 1780-1805)
Scope & Content:: Marquess Wellesley, mounted on a white horse, accompanied by officers in red uniforms, reviewing his bodyguard at Ballygunge, near Calcutta. In the middle of the parade ground is a Union Jack; on either side thatched cantonments. Coat of arms on mount. July 1805. Inscribed on mount in formal...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1805
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2386
Title:: European bungalow, probably in Bengal, with raised veranda and Ionic columns; two European ladies with children strolling in the open compound, three Indians in the foreground
Scope & Content:: European bungalow, probably in Bengal, with raised veranda and Ionic columns; two European ladies with children strolling in the open compound, three Indians in the foreground. Drawn c.1815. Water-colour; 11.5 by 18 ins. Presented by J.C. Lyell, October 1921. Foster Catalogue no.212.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1815
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2387
Title:: View of Bombay, looking over Back Bay, taken from the north end of Malabar Hill. Palm trees, with Indian family and hut in foreground
Scope & Content:: View of Bombay, looking over Back Bay, taken from the north end of Malabar Hill. Palm trees, with Indian family and hut in foreground. 1823. Inscribed on back: ‘This water colour picture of Bombay was painted by a lady artist in 1823 for my Father William Page Ashburner then a member of Forbes...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1823
Extent:: 1 Item

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