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431171. WD4219

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4219
Title:
Moored boats from Arakan or Chittagong. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
Scope & Content:
Moored boats from Arakan or Chittagong c.1828. Inscribed on album page: ‘Mugh boats’. Water-colour; 15 by 19.5 cm. Note: Mugh is a name commonly applied to natives of Arakan or Chittagong.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

431172. WD4220

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4220
Title:
Scrapbook of 52 drawings depicting the daily life of the Clarence family c.1873-90, along with photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. Almost all are by Clarence, a few by his first wife Blanche. Artist(s): Clarence, Lovell Burchett (1838-1917)
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook (ff.1-52) of drawings in pencil, pen and ink or water-colour depicting the daily life of the Clarence family c.1873-90, along with photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. Almost all are by Clarence, a few by his first wife Blanche, and the album was compiled largely from drawings...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873-1890
Extent:
1 Item

431173. WD4222

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4222
Title:
'The tomb of Auranzebe. (He desired in his will that not more than 8 rupees was to be expended on it)'. Artist(s): Carpenter, William (1818-1899)
Scope & Content:
‘The tomb of Auranzebe. (He desired in his will that not more than 8 rupees was to be expended on it’). Water-colour; 12 by 17.2 cm. Note: The simple grave of Emperor Aurangzeb, ruled 1658-1707, a stone slab on a wooden platform, is within the courtyard of the shrine of Shaikh Burham ud-Din G...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1856
Extent:
1 Item

431174. WD4223

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4223
Title:
The regulator at Mangla, Naoshera District, on the River Jhelum at the head of the Upper Jhelum Canal. Artist(s): Lister, Dorothy Prideaux (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
The regulator at Mangla, Naoshera District, on the River Jhelum at the head of the Upper Jhelum Canal, c.1924. An original label on reverse recorded the drawing was exhibited at the Simla Fine Arts Exhibition entitled ‘The Dam at Mangla by Mrs D. Lyster, The Elysium Hotel, Simla, price 50 rupee...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1924
Extent:
1 Item

431175. WD4224

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4224
Title:
The barracks for European troops at Berhampore with three sepoys in the foreground. Artist(s): Connor, James (b. 1766)
Scope & Content:
The barracks for European troops at Berhampore with three sepoys in the foreground. Inscribed: ‘View of Berhampore taken from the Seapoy Lines. James Connor’. In pencil: ‘(1790)’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 25 by 48 cm. Purchased 1990. Note: Berhampore was chosen as a cantonment to keep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790
Extent:
1 Item

431176. WD4225

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4225
Title:
House and garden with a seated group in the foreground. Mr Birch's house at Baraset. Artist(s): Cornish, Hubert (1757-1823)
Scope & Content:
House and garden with a seated group in the foreground. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Mr Birch’s Garden House Barraset 16 miles from Calcutta with Clumps of Bamboos’. Water-colour; 40.5 by 54.5 cm. Purchased 1990. Note: The house belonged to Richard Comyns Birch (1760-1807) Bengal Civil Service, gr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1798
Extent:
1 Item

431177. WD4226

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4226
Title:
Tree-lined road near Benares with figures. Artist(s): Varley, John, the younger (1850-1933)
Scope & Content:
Tree-lined road near Benares with figures. Inscribed: ‘John Varley ‘92’. Water-colour; 27.2 by 35.5 cm. Purchased 1991.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 Item

431178. WD4227

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4227
Title:
Savandurga from the north. Artist(s): McPherson, John (1770-1796)
Scope & Content:
Savandurga from the north. Inscribed: ‘J. McPherson pinxt. Severndroog. From the Picquets of Lord C - Army & the face which was reached & stormed.’ Water-colour; 15.8 by 21.5 cm. Note: Savandurga was stormed by the army of Lord Cornwallis on 21 January 1792.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792
Extent:
1 Item

431179. WD4227-4228

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4227-4228
Title:
McPHERSON, JOHN (1770-1796) Born Breshacy, Invernessshire, son of Colonel Duncan McPherson. Madras Army. Cadet 1790; Ensign 1791; Lieutenant 1794. - ...
Scope & Content:
McPHERSON, JOHN (1770-1796) Born Breshacy, Invernessshire, son of Colonel Duncan McPherson. Madras Army. Cadet 1790; Ensign 1791; Lieutenant 1794. --------------------- WD4227-4228 Two small drawings of the fortified hill of Savandurga, Mysore c.1792. Purchased 1990 with WD4229-4231.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1791-1793
Extent:
2 items

431180. WD4228

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4228
Title:
Savandurga from the west. Artist(s): McPherson, John (1770-1796)
Scope & Content:
Savandurga from the west. Inscribed: ‘J. McPherson pinxt. Severndroog.’ Water-colour; 15 by 20.8 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792
Extent:
1 Item

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