Dancing girls and musicians from Madras.. Artist(s): Green, Christopher (c. 1745-1805)
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GREEN, CHRISTOPHER (c. 1745-1805) Bengal Artillery. Cadet 1770, Lieut. 1774, Capt. 1782, Lt. Col. 1796. Col. 1800, Maj Gen. 1805. Qmr. to newly raised Golandaz Coys. in 1777; 2nd Mysore War, ADC to Col. Pearse; 1787, 2nd Rohilla War, Major commdg. 3rd Bn. Art.; remonstrated with Lord Cornwallis...
The hill fort of Anchettidurgam.. Artist(s): Colebrooke, Robert Hyde (1762-1808)
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The hill fort of Anchitty Droog. Inscribed: ‘ Achitty Droog on the backing sheet.’ Pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour; 368 x 463 mm. Provenance: With Thomas Crowe, Norwich, November 1972, where purchased for the William and Mildred Archer collection. Purchased with the assistance of ...
A small temple and choultry at Magadi (Karnataka) with Savandurga in the distnace.. Artist(s): Colebrooke, Robert Hyde (1762-1808)
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A small pagoda on a rock and a choultry at Magadi (Karnataka), with Savandurga in the distance. 334 by 493 mm. Inscribed: ‘A Pagoda at Magree A Pagoda at Magree in Mysore’ on the backing sheet. Note: In his ‘Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore’, pl. 4, Colebrooke published a view...
A temple at Magadi (Karnataka).. Artist(s): Colebrooke, Robert Hyde (1762-1808)
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A temple at Magadi (Karnataka). 290 by 469 mm. Note: The temple appears to be one of the abandoned temples which Colebrooke writes about in the text accompanying pl. 4 of the ‘Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore’ of 1794. In the distance may be seen the upper part of the small pa...
Drawing of the Sati Chaura ghat at Kanpur, 1843. Artist(s): Satow, C.H. (fl. 1943)
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Drawing of the Sati Chaura ghat at Kanpur, 1943. Pencil; 203 by 276 mm. Inscribed: ‘The Massacre Ghat, Caawnpore, as viewed from river. River Ganges. C.H. Satow Nov. 43.’ Presented by Jonathan Satow in accordance with the will of Michael G. Satow, along with MSS Eur F290, 2000.
A Muslim praying inside the tomb of Sultan Muhammad Bigarha, Sarkhej, 1858.. Artist(s): Peile, Sir James Braithwaite (1833-1906)
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A Muslim praying inside the tomb of Sultan Muhammad Bigarha, Sarkhej, 1858. Pen-and-ink and wash; 35 by 25 cm Inscribed on mount below: ‘In the tomb of Muhumud Bigara, Surkhaj, Guzerat, about AD 1450. Feb. 1858.’
PEILE, Sir JAMES BRAITHWAITE (1833-1906) Son of Rev. T.W. Peile, educated at Repton and Oriel College, Oxford. Bombay Civil Service, 1856; Under-Sec ...
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PEILE, Sir JAMES BRAITHWAITE (1833-1906) Son of Rev. T.W. Peile, educated at Repton and Oriel College, Oxford. Bombay Civil Service, 1856; Under-Secretary to the Bombay Government; Director of Public Instruction, 1869-72; Political Agent to Kathiawar, 1873-78; Member of Famine Commission, 1878-...
Interior courtyard of a haveli, 1867.. Artist(s): Peile, Sir James Braithwaite (1833-1906)
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Interior courtyard of a ‘haveli’, 1867. Pen-and-ink and wash; 206 by 283 mm. Inscribed on mount below: ‘House and Court of the Judge of Tanna, Bombay, 1867.’
