Government House, Ganeshkhind, Poona with lawns and flowerbeds. Artist(s): Crichton, Mrs H.G. (fl. 1930s)
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Government House, Ganeshkhind, Poona with lawns and flowerbeds. Inscribed: ‘H.G. Crichton’. On original labels: ‘This is to certify that this is the original work of Mrs. H.G. Crichton. Marjorie G.H. Scott. Mrs Crichton Government House Ganeshkhind’. Water-colour; 23.6 by 32.8 cm. Presente...
'Right of our Line of Battle at Hyderabad Sinde and on reverse: EFC'. Artist(s): Campbell, Edward Fitzgerald (1822-1882)
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‘Right of our Line of Battle at Hyderabad Sinde’ and on reverse: ‘EFC’. Water-colour; 18.5 by 23.8 cm. Presented by Mr. R.R. Mercer 1991. Note: Campbell was not present at the Battle of Hyderabad, 1843, but as the view contains no reference to the military it was probably drawn as a commemora...
Crowds in the Thatheri or Pital, the brassworkers, bazaar, Benares. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Crowds in the Thatheri or Pital, the brassworkers, bazaar, Benares c.1829. Inscribed: ‘Tuthera Bazaar Benares’, and on reverse: ‘Rajendra’s House in the Tuthera Bazar Benares’. Also an inscription to another drawing. Sepia wash; 36 by 26.6 cm. Purchased 1991. Note: The inscriptions appear t...
'Chowringhee taken from the Verandah. Bishop’s Palace. March 1828', Calcutta. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘Chowringhee taken from the Verandah. Bishop’s Palace. March 1828’. Water-colour with pen and ink; 17 by 27 cm. Note: The Bishop’s Palace was at No.5 Russell Street from 1825 until 1849. ‘‘Our Palace ... is a splendid house of 3 stories high with a delightful verandah to each storey entirel...
JAMES, MARIANNE JANE (b.1805) Born India, fourth daughter of Frederick Reeves, Bombay Civil Service and his wife Catherine, while her father was Milit ...
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JAMES, MARIANNE JANE (b.1805) Born India, fourth daughter of Frederick Reeves, Bombay Civil Service and his wife Catherine, while her father was Military Paymaster at Kanara. She married the Rev. John Thomas James, Vicar of Flitton-with-Silsoe, Bedfordshire, in November 1823. James was appointe...
‘Champaul Ghaut. Calcutta - July’. Pencil; 16 by 26 cm. Note: Seen from the river showing the engine house for raising water to clean the streets, and Colvin’s Ghat.
'Sir C. Grey’s, the Gardens near Calcutta'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘Sir C. Grey’s, the Gardens near Calcutta’. Pencil; 13 by 23.5 cm. Note: Sir Charles Grey (d.1865), Chief Justice of Bengal 1825-32, friend of Bishop James from their time at Christ Church, Oxford. He had a house at Garden Reach opposite the Botanic Gardens.
'Mr Prinsep’s, Ishera on the Hooghly'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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‘Mr Prinsep’s, Ishera on the Hooghly’. Water-colour with pen and ink; 17 by 27 cm. Note: Charles Prinsep, advocate at the Calcutta Bar. The Jameses spent a week with him in April 1828. See also William Prinsep’s view of the garden, WD4099.