Unfinished miniature portrait of Ghazi-ud-din. based on WD 4429, transferred by tracing. The crowned head is almost finished and a buff coloured background painted in leaving a nimbus. There is a little red around the collar and right hand cuff. Artist
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Unfinished miniature portrait of Ghazi al-Din, based on WD4429, transferred by tracing. The crowned head is almost finished and a buff coloured background painted in leaving a nimbus. There is a little red colour around the collar and right hand cuff. Water-colour on ivory; 16.2 by 11.4 cm.
Gabled house in a summer landscape, England. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1834-1896)
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Gabled house in a summer landscape, England. Inscribed: ‘Elm tree at Rumwell Lodge. R.H. 9/80.’ Pencil; 15.5 by 28.8 cm. Bequeathed by Mr. E.P. Westby in 1996, along with WD4426-4430, F888 (Robert Home's miniature painting cabinet) and miscellaneous Home family papers (WD4431(Additional)). ...
Half-length portrait of a young woman. Inscribed: 'Bengal Steamer 1858. E Lundgren'. Artist(s): Lundgren, Egron Sellif (1815-1875)
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Half-length portrait of a young woman. Inscribed:’ Bengal Steamer 1858. E Lundgren’. Water-colour; oval.31 by 25.4 cm. Purchased 1996. Note: Lundgren travelled to India from Southampton on board the P & O Steamer ‘Bengal’, which arrived at Calcutta on the 17th March 1858. He travelled ...
Head and shoulders portrait of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, to left, wearing a shawl, London, November 1931. Artist(s): Kramer, Jacob (1892-1962)
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Head and shoulders portrait of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, to left, wearing a shawl. Signed: ‘Kramer’ and ‘M K Gandhi.’ Black and white chalk on buff paper; 50 by 40.5 cm. Purchased 1996. Note: Gandhi was in London from 12 September to 5 December 1931 to attend the Second Round Table Confere...
The fort of Hosur, 1792, from the south-west with breached wall and Union flag flying. Artist(s): Hunter, James (d. 1792)
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The fort of Hosur, 1792, from the south-west with breached wall and Union flag flying. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Oossore from reconnoitre 1792’ and incorrectly below the drawing: ‘Passore 1792.’ Water-colour with pen and ink; 26.8 by 42.3 cm. Presented by Mr. D.E. Lim, 1996. Note: See also two ...
Miniature portrait of Richard Colley, Marquess Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, with powdered hair and scarlet uniform, wearing the sash and star of St Patrick and the star of the Turkish Crescent. Artist(s): Shirreff, Charles ((fl. 1770-1823)
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Miniature portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), successively Earl of Mornington and Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal 1798-1805, with powdered hair and scarlet uniform, wearing the sash and star of St. Patrick and the star of the Turkish Crescent. Inscribed on paper lin...
Cameo portrait to right in grisaille of John Herbert Harington, Bengal Civil Service. Signed and dated by Samuel Andrews, Calcutta, 1803. Artist(s): Andrews, Samuel (1767-1807)
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Cameo portrait to right in grisaille of John Herbert Harington (1764-1828), Bengal Civil Service,1803. Signed and dated: ‘S. Andrews Calcutta 1803.’ In ink inside case lid: ‘John Harrington’ [sic] ‘Esq Bengal Civil Service.’ Written by an unknown hand on a piece of brown paper within the case:...
MENPES, MORTIMER (1855-1938) Born at Port Adelaide, Australia, on 22nd February, 1855 (see exhibition catalogue: ‘Graphic works by Whistler and his as ...
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MENPES, MORTIMER (1855-1938) Born at Port Adelaide, Australia, on 22nd February, 1855 (see exhibition catalogue: ‘Graphic works by Whistler and his associates,’ Art Gallery of South Australia, 1975), Menpes studied first in Adelaide and then reached London probably in 1875. He studied first und...
