Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond, c.1830. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Red Hills. The Country Retreat of Mr James Taylor - Public Functionary’. Water-colour in wash borders; 28.2 by 38.2 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: James Taylor, Madras Civil Service 1795...
The house at Cisarua occupied in 1814 by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills.
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Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills. 1814. Inscribed: ‘The House of Cisoroa. Dec 1814’. Pencil; 21 by 24.7 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: This house at Cisarua was used by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. The drawing is the only known view of the house.
Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album with paper covers. Cover inscribed: 'Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity'. Some show the same subjects as Sir Charles D’Oyly’s 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs', London, 1848. Artist(s): Wh
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Drawings on tracing paper, laid down in an album (ff.1-24) with paper covers. Album 55 by 37.5 cm. Cover inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Outline Pen & Ink Sketches Calcutta & Vicinity - by Coll. G.F. White’. Notes on some of the Calcutta drawings suggest White had the preparation of a ...
Drawings in an album with paper covers inscribed: 'Unfinished Original Pencil Sketches Chiefly in Himalaya Mountains India &c'. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Drawings, various sizes, in an album (ff.1-13) with paper covers inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Unfinished Original Pencil Sketches Chiefly in Himalaya Mountains India &c. by Col. G.F. White’. Album 54 by 33 cm. f.1 ‘Bloomville. Simla. Col. W’s residence in 1840’. Pencil; 31 by...
Six drawings in an album with paper covers inscribed: 'Unfinished Indian Sketches by Col. White', along with three loose drawings. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Six drawings laid down in an album with paper covers inscribed in pencil: ‘Unfinished Indian Sketches by Col. White’, along with three loose drawings. Album; 50 by 37.8 cm. f.1 ‘Akbar Shah’s Mosque. Cottub Minar. nr. Delhi. Feby. 14th 1843’. Pencil and white chalk; 27.5 by 38.2 cm....
Portrait of Josiah Webbe, Madras Civil Service, head and shoulders to left, in original frame. Artist(s): Hickey, Thomas (1741-1824)
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Portrait of Josiah Webbe, head and shoulders to left. Inscribed: ‘Thomas Hickey 1801’ and on label on back of frame: ‘friend to Mr Cockburn’. Black and white chalk on tinted paper; 24 by 19.5 cm, in original frame. Purchased 1993. Note: See stipple engraving by Charles Knight after this draw...
The Triumph of the Name of Hastings. A study for a large transparency decorating the Calcutta Town Hall for a ball, in December 1822, in honour of the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
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‘The Triumph of the Name of Hastings.’ A study for a large transparency decorating the Calcutta Town Hall for a ball, in December 1822, in honour of the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings: Peace and Prosperity hold up the wreath encircled name of HASTINGS, while loyal Indians pay homage...
