MOLLOY, SYLVIA (b.1914) Born Sylvia Leyden at South Shields, she studied at Durham University (M.A.), and after obtaining a teaching diploma, she taug ...
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MOLLOY, SYLVIA (b.1914) Born Sylvia Leyden at South Shields, she studied at Durham University (M.A.), and after obtaining a teaching diploma, she taught English and art at St Asaph, Flintshire. In August 1940 she travelled to Burma to marry Patrick R.H. Molloy of the Burma Civil Service, which ...
Lahu girl, wearing large earrings and many bead necklaces.. Artist(s): Molloy, Sylvia (b.1914)
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A Lahu girl. She wears a black cap over her hair, large bamboo cylindrical earrings with silver pendants, and bead and other necklaces. April 1941. Water-colour; 29 by 23 cm. Inscribed below: ‘Lahu Girl - Pangyang tour.’
Portrait of Louisa Bird, wife of Shearman Bird Junior, in a decollete dress and elaborate feathered hat. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), attributed to
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Bust portrait of Mrs. Shearman Bird, c.1810. She is depicted full face with auburn curls, wearing a black décolleté dress trimmed with lace, a red shawl, and a large black hat with ostrich feathers, together with a fancy diamond ensemble. Inscribed on card inside frame: ‘Mrs Shearman Bird née L...
The Nagarkhana or northern gateway to the old palace at Kolhapur, with elephants in chambers on either side of the central gateway. Artist(s): Herold, Ben. D. (fl. c.1845)
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The Nagarkhana or northern gateway to the old palace at Kolhapur, with elephants in chambers on either side of the central gateway. Signed lower right ‘Ben.D. Herold Jany. 1845’, and inscribed in ink on reverse: ‘Entrance to the Palace, Kolapore, Bombay Presidency. B.D. Herold, 14th Lt. Dragoo...
Bookplates, inscriptions, etc., from various of the volumes of drawings from the Colin MacKenzie collection subsequently mounted separately. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
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Bookplates, inscriptions, etc., from various of the volumes of drawings from the Colin MacKenzie collection subsequently mounted separately.. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Parsee girl. Artist(s): Solomon, William Ewart Gladstone (1880--1965)
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A Parsee girl seated on a chair wrapped in a shawl, viewed almost in profile. Signed along bottom in white paint: ‘W.E. Gladstone Solomon - India - 1918.’ Mixed media on paper; 492 by 282 mm. Purchased 1999.
A man seated grinding and preparing colours, inscribed Rang Wallah.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
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A man seated grinding and preparing colours. Inscribed upper left in pencil and again in ink: ‘Rang Wallah.’ Pencil, pen-and-ink and wash; 200 by 154 mm. Purchased 1999.
Travellers on the road approach the sacred city of Gaya, the river Phalgu in the distance.. Artist(s): Jackson, Welby Brown (1802-1890)
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Travellers on the road approach the sacred city of Gaya, the river Phalgu in the distance. Inscribed in ink on reverse: ‘Gya from the Mungla Goree Temple. Welby Jackson 1830.’ 257 by 403 mm.
JACKSON, WELBY BROWN (1802-90) Born 30 December 1802, at Barking, Essex, son of John Jackson, East India Company Director, and his wife Charlotte Spry ...
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JACKSON, WELBY BROWN (1802-90) Born 30 December 1802, at Barking, Essex, son of John Jackson, East India Company Director, and his wife Charlotte Spry. Appointed in the season of 1820, he became a Writer 30 April 1821. After the usual round of minor appointments in Calcutta (1822), Bhagalpur (R...
Gaya from the east, across the river Phalgu, a village scene in the foreground.. Artist(s): Jackson, Welby Brown (1802-1890)
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Gaya from the east, across the river Phalgu, a village scene in the foreground. Inscribed in ink on reverse: ‘The Town of Gya from the opposite side of the River Falgo. Welby Jackson 1830.’ 252 by 404 mm.
