A sanyasi, standing before a palm tree. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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A ‘sanyasi’, standing before a palm tree. Inscribed: ‘A Soonassee’. Water-colour; 43.4 by 31 cm. Note: See Section 7, no.6 of ‘The Hindoos’, a mirror image of the drawing.
Two standing figures, one with a bow and arrow. Preliminary study for the watercolour of the Poggy Islanders, see the Kyd Collection, Mss Eur F21/2. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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Two standing figures, one with a bow and arrow. Pencil; 43.2 by 30 cm. Note: Preliminary study for the water-colour of the Poggy Islanders, see the Kyd Collection, Mss Eur F21/II.
Four original drawings by Robert Grindlay in an album compiled by Grindlay of the original drawings for the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone’s 'An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India', London, 1815.. Artist(
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The album contains four original water-colour drawings by Grindlay, and ten drawings by Indian artists (Add.Or.4670-79), with notes and letters relating to the illustrations of the book. The whole album was offered to Lord Elphinstone in 1865 when a biography of Mountstuart Elphinstone was bein...
Hyderabad on the Indus. Plate 5, frontispiece to vol. III of Burnes’ Travels into Bokhara, by Edward Francis Finden after William Purser and Robert Melville Grindlay.. Artist(s): Finden, Edward Francis (1791-1857) after Purser, W (c.1790-1852) and Grin
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‘Hyderabad on the Indus. From a sketch taken on the spot by Capt. Grindlay in 1808. Drawn by W. Purser. Engraved by E. Finden. London. Published 1834 by John Murray, Albemarle Street’. Inscribed on album page: ‘From Alex Burnes to Captain Grindlay with many acknowledgements’....
Proof impression before letterpress of frontispiece to vol. 1 of Burnes’ Travels into Bokhara, inscribed: Portrait of Sir Alexr. Burnes in a Cabul dress 1834.. Artist(s): Finden, Edward Francis (1791-1857) after Maclise, Daniel (1806-1870)
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Proof impression before letterpress of frontispiece to vol. 1 of Burnes’ ‘Travels into Bokhara’, inscribed: ‘Portrait of Sir Alexr. Burnes in a Cabul dress 1834’, and by Grindlay on the album page: ‘from Sir Alexr. Burnes to RMG’. Note: The title of the engraving is actually ‘Cost...
The Colossal Idols at Bameean. On stone by L. Haghe. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895) after Burnes, Alexander (1805-1841)
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‘The Colossal Idols at Bameean. On stone by L. Haghe. Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the King. Gate St. J. Murray. Albemarle St. 1834’. Note: Burnes’ ‘Travels in Bokhara’. vol. I, plate II. For the artist, see f.7d below.