View of the ghat and ruined temple of Walkeshwar, near Malabar Point, Bombay. Artist(s): Carpenter, William (1818-1899)
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View of the ghat and ruined temple of Walkeshwar, near Malabar Point, Bombay. Inscribed on reverse and on mount ‘Walkeshwur’. Water-colour; 25 by 35 cm.
Panoramic aerial view of Calcutta from the opposite bank of the River Hooghly. The principal buildings and sites are numbered
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Panoramic aerial view of Calcutta from the opposite bank of the River Hooghly. c.1850. The principal buildings and sites are numbered, and include: 4. Fort William; 6. The Water Gate; 7. Eden Gardens; 8. Old Course; 9. Chowringhee; 11. St. Paul’s Cathedral; 12. Bishop’s Palace; 14. Ochterlony ...
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Water-colour; 24.8 by 38.5 cm in wash borders. Note: These early views of Fort Cornwallis, with stockaded walls, must have been made shortly after Penang was taken on behalf of the East India Company by Captain Francis Light, and renamed...
Waterfall, Prince of Wales Island (Penang). Artist(s): Warham, Thomas (fl. 1793)
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Waterfall, Prince of Wales Island (Penang). Inscribed: ‘View at Po Penang 1793. The height 280 feet. T Warham delt’. Water-colour with some pen and ink in ruled border; 49 by 41.3 cm. Purchased 1982. Note: The waterfall in what is now called the Botanical Gardens, near George Town, was a p...
BROWN, MURIEL AGNES ELEANORA (1874-1943) Daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Resident, Kashmir 1896-1900. First wife of Percy B ...
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BROWN, MURIEL AGNES ELEANORA (1874-1943) Daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Resident, Kashmir 1896-1900. First wife of Percy Brown, see below. Published ‘Chenar leaves: poems of Kashmir’, 1921 and ‘Melodies for an Eastern Flute’, 1926. Died Bankipore. For papers see Mss E...
