DURAND, Sir HENRY MORTIMER (1850-1924) Bengal Civil Service and Foreign Service. Political Secretary to Lord Roberts during Kabul Campaign, 1879. Fo ...
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DURAND, Sir HENRY MORTIMER (1850-1924) Bengal Civil Service and Foreign Service. Political Secretary to Lord Roberts during Kabul Campaign, 1879. Foreign Secretary in India 1884-94. Led mission to Amir of Afghanistan, 1893. Minister at Teheran 1894-1900; Ambassador at Madrid 1900-8; Ambassador ...
Mrs Gladstone Lingham reading under a punkah in a comfortably furnished room at Berhampore.
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A woman reading under a punkah in a comfortably furnished room. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Mrs Gladstone Lingham’s drawing room at her residence in Berhampore, 1863’. Water-colour; 20 by 31.5 cm.
Mr and Mrs Gladstone Lingham entertaining two army officers, with table servants in attendance
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A civilian and his wife entertaining two army officers, with table servants in attendance. Inscribed an original label: ‘Mr and Mrs Gladstone Lingham at breakfast with their friends Colonel Austin Thompson and Captain Bailey, 1863’. Water-colour; 21 by 34 cm. Note: Edward Fraser Gladstone Lin...
Pillar in front of Chandranatha Jain temple, Mudbidri
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Pillar in front of Chandranatha Jain temple, Mudbidri. c.1815. Inscribed: ‘Elevation and Front View of a Pillar (formed of a Granite 52½ feet from the surface of the Earth in Height) placed facing the Pagoda at Morbidry’. Pen and ink and wash; 46.2 by 36.7cm. Purchased 1952, together with Ad...
'The Quarter Deck of the Thames Indiaman of 1500 Tons - aft the Mainmast Sepr. 17th 1805'. Artist(s): Bellasis, George Hutchins (1778-1822)
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‘The Quarter Deck of the Thames Indiaman of 1500 Tons - aft the Mainmast Sepr. 17th 1805’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 23 by 34 cm. Purchased 1969. Note: The drawing shows British and Chinese seamen and a group of passengers. The ship’s log for the ‘Thames’, November 1803 to November 1805...
