Camp scene by moonlight; huntsmen eating dinner in their tent, horses grazing in the foreground and shikaris around camp fires beyond. Artist(s): Carpenter, Percy (1820-1895)
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Camp scene by moonlight; huntsmen eating dinner in their tent, horses grazing in the foreground and shikaris around camp fires beyond. Pastel; 36.8 by 52.5 cm.
WIRGMAN, CHARLES (1832-1891) Figure artist and illustrator, brother of portrait painter Theodore Blake Wirgman. Went to China during Second China War ...
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WIRGMAN, CHARLES (1832-1891) Figure artist and illustrator, brother of portrait painter Theodore Blake Wirgman. Went to China during Second China War 1857-60, and then to Japan, 1861, settling in Yokohama. Painted scenes of Japanese life and contributed to the ‘Illustrated London News’, with re...
Tall slender obelisk in a rocky landscape. Artist(s): Cheney, Edward (1803-1884)
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Tall slender obelisk in a rocky landscape. Inscribed: ‘Tomb of Amurath the Haughty July 19 1826’. ‘Lonely and comet-like hath been the course of Amurath: High his fame and mightly his deeds: Yet hath Amurath returned to dust: Behold the end of the mighty’. Pen and ink; 16.8 by 26.2 cm. Prese...
Ruined tomb, Central India. Artist(s): Cleeve, Stewart Montagu (b. 1894)
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Ruined tomb, Central India. Inscribed: ‘S.M. Cleeve 1938’ and on reverse: ‘Tomb of Baz Bahadur and Rupmati’ with colour notes. On original wrapping paper: ‘Tomb of Baz Bahadur & Rupmati. Poona Art Exhibition. Certified that this picture is neither a copy nor a coloured imitation. Exhibi...
Bungalow with colonnaded verandah. Artist(s): Hooper, Minnie Rose (1847-1886)
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Bungalow with colonnaded verandah. Inscribed: ‘Minnie’s House in India at Bangalore drawn by herself. MRH 1866’. Pencil; 21.6 by 27.4 cm. Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Hooper, with WD3736.
A bungalow, possibly another view of WD3735. Artist(s): Hooper, Eveline Rosamond (fl. 1886)
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A bungalow, possibly another view of WD3735. Inscribed: ‘ERH/86’. Pencil; 12.8 by 21.8 cm. Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Hooper, grandson of Colonel George Stanley Hooper, together with WD3735 and Photo 447/3, 1975.
Lord Clive, emerging from a tent supported by two men, stares in terror at the ghost of Omichand. Beyond the group a man wearing breeches hangs by his wrists from a palm tree
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Lord Clive, emerging from a tent supported by two men, stares in terror at the ghost of Omichand. Beyond the group a man wearing breeches hangs by his wrists from a palm tree. 1773. Inscribed: ‘Ld. Clive & the Ghost of Omand Chund’. Grey wash; 16 by 10 cm. Purchased 1978. Note: The dra...