Sewri Fort, Bombay, looking across to Trombay Island. An officer, probably a self portrait, is shown sketching. Artist(s): Miller, William (1795-1836)
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Sewri Fort, Bombay, looking across to Trombay Island. An officer, probably a self portrait, is shown sketching. Inscribed: ‘Suree from below the Band hill. Bandalah. W.M. December 1828’. Pen and ink; 30.5 by 47 cm. Note: Miller had a house at Vadalla between Sewri and Matunga.
'Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona. Decr. 1831'. Artist(s): Miller, William (1795-1836)
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‘Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona. Decr. 1831 W.M.’ Wash with some water-colour; 15.5 by 19 cm. Note: Mahadji Sindhia came to Poona in 1792 and erected this palace at Wanavdi, where he died on 12 February 1794 and was cremated nearby.
View of the hills near Coonoor. Artist(s): Canning, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (1817-1861)
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View of the hills near Coonoor. Inscribed on mount: ‘Lambton Peaks, Paul Ghât etc.’ ‘et’c. ‘From the Coffee Plantation at Cartery. April 19, 1858’. Water-colour 33.5 by 54.5 cm. Note: Lady Canning spent April to June 1858 at Coonoor and Ootacamund after Lord Canning transferred the governme...
CANNING, Lady CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1817-1861) Elder daughter of Sir Charles Stuart, later Lord Stuart de Rothesay and Lady Elizabeth, ‘née’ Yorke. Ma ...
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CANNING, Lady CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1817-1861) Elder daughter of Sir Charles Stuart, later Lord Stuart de Rothesay and Lady Elizabeth, ‘née’ Yorke. Married the Hon. Charles John Canning 1835. Served as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria from 1842 until her husband’s appointment as Governor...