Album of drawings made in 1833 while Phillips was a supernumerary Second-Lieutenant at Dum Dum. Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca. Artist(s): Phillips, Joseph Scott (1812-1884)
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Album of drawings (ff.1-46) made in 1833 while Phillips was a supernumerary Second-Lieutenant at Dum Dum. Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca, in pencil or water-colour, a few removed, leaving inscriptions. Most of the temples he drew on the trip are no longer ex...
The river front at Benares looking from Ghoosla Ghat to Manikarnika Ghat. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
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The river front at Benares looking from Ghoosla Ghat to Manikarnika Ghat. Inscribed on reverse: ‘12 November 1825. View westwards from Ghoosla Ghat. 1. Bisumbhur Pundit’s House 2. Sunkuta Ghat 3. Beereswur Ghat 4. Uhila Baee Ka Mundil 5. Rajbulubh Shiwala’. Repeated on original mount; al...
Fort of Bassein from the north-west, with the Land Gate on the right. Artist(s): Reynolds, Charles (c.1756-1819)
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Fort of Bassein from the north-west, with the Land Gate on the right. Above the wall, breached in two places, are the roofs and towers of the Franciscan church of San Antonio, the Jesuit Church of the Holy Name, the church of N.S. da Vida and the church of the Dominicans. In the distance is th...
Head and shoulders study of Wajid ‘Ali Shah, King of Oudh (ruled 1847-56). Artist(s): Herbert, Charles (1820-1897)
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Head and shoulders study of Wajid ‘Ali Shah, King of Oudh (ruled 1847-56). Inscribed: ‘H.M. The King of Oudh from life. 14 Augt 1867. CH.’ Pen and ink on blue paper; 14.3 by 10.5 cm. Presented by Sir Owain Jenkins, 1987.
The Kinwun Mingyi, or Prime Minister, proceeding to the Hlutaw, the King’s Supreme Court, at Nyaungbinzeik, near Prome, Burma. Formerly Add.Or.749. Artist(s): Trant, Thomas Abercrombie (d. 1882)
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The Kinwun Mingyi, or Prime Minister, proceeding to the Hlutaw, the King’s Supreme Court, at Nyaungbinzeik, near Prome, Burma. Inscribed: ‘Kee Woonjee proceeding to the Letoo at Necoongbenziek to meet the British Commissioners on the 2nd Oct 1825 to treat for Peace’. Water-colour; 29.7 by 21.7...
MOLYNEUX, EDWARD MARY JOSEPH (1866-1913) Indian Army, Bengal Cavalry. Commissioned 1887. Captain 1898; Major 1905. Died in service. Served North-W ...
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MOLYNEUX, EDWARD MARY JOSEPH (1866-1913) Indian Army, Bengal Cavalry. Commissioned 1887. Captain 1898; Major 1905. Died in service. Served North-West Frontier 1897-8, awarded Medal with clasp; Boer War 1899-1900 mentioned in despatches, Queen’s Medal with four clasps, DSO. Awarded Viceroy’s Gol...
View, probably Gulmarg, Kashmir, c.1910. Water-colour; 31.2 by 22.7 cm. Bequeathed by Dame Eileen Younghusband, 1981, see also WD4168-9, 4172 and Mss Eur F197, from the collection of her father Sir Francis Edward Younghusband KCSI, KCIE, leader of the Tibet Frontier Commission 1903 and Residen...
Forty-four drawings, some on tracing paper, of Indian types in an album containing the title page and forty plates from 'Hindoostany Characters engraved and coloured by F. Dormieux', Calcutta, 1805 (P2489-2488).
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Forty-four drawings, some on tracing paper, of Indian types in an album containing the title page and forty plates from ‘Hindoostany Characters engraved and coloured by F. Dormieux’, Calcutta, 1805. c.1800. The engravings (P2849-2888) have been trimmed and laid down, with ‘Forty’ added before ...
