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Reference (shelfmark):: WD353
Title:: Indian villager with bullock. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
Scope & Content:: Indian villager with bullock. Between 1808 and 1822. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Hindoo Costume from Nature. Chinnery.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 11 by 14 ins. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1808-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD356
Title:: View of Chunar Fort (U. P.) on the Ganges
Scope & Content:: View of Chunar Fort (U.P.) on the Ganges. c.1790. Inscribed on mount in water-colour: ‘View of Chunar.’ Water-colour; 11 by 16 ins. Purchased 16 October 1913. Note: Chunar came into the possession of the British after the Battle of Buxar, 1764. The fort was a favourite subject with landsca...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD357
Title:: View of Colgong (Bihar) from the River Ganges with a European bungalow on a hill
Scope & Content:: View of Colgong (Bihar) from the River Ganges with a European bungalow on a hill. c.1790. Inscribed on mount in water-colour: ‘View of Colgong’; on back in pencil: ‘View of Colgong. No. 1.’ Water-colour; 11 by 16 ins. Purchased 16 October 1913. Note: WD103 (Vol.II) depicts the same scene,...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD361
Title:: A distant view of Rawalpindi (Punjab). In the foreground an officer, sitting outside his tent, his horses tethered nearby is being saluted by an orderly with papers; three sepoys accompanying a bullock cart are passing by. Artist(s): Bruce, Sir Henry Le Geyt (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:: A distant view of Rawalpindi (Punjab). In the foreground an officer, sitting outside his tent, his horses tethered nearby is being saluted by an orderly with papers; three sepoys accompanying a bullock cart are passing by. 1846. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Rawul Pindee’; on mount in ink:’ ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1846
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD362
Title:: The Muharram ceremony being performed in a tank by the tomb of Shah Abdur Rahman, Ellichpur (Berar). Artist(s): Warren, Henry (1794-1879)
Scope & Content:: The Muharram ceremony being performed in a tank by the tomb of Shah ‘Abdur Rahman, Ellichpur (Berar). 1838. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Henry Warren, 1838’; on back in ink: ‘Shrine of Raiman Shah Doola, Elichpoor. Warren. F 206. No.8.’ Water-colour; 8.75 by 13 ins. Purchased 11 May 1955. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1838
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD476
Title:: S.E. view of Government House, Calcutta. A European is being carried in a palanquin, while other Europeans, attended by servants, stroll on the grass and exercise their dogs. Artist(s): Orme, Edward (1774-c.1822), after Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:: S.E. view of Government House, Calcutta. A European is being carried in a palanquin, while other Europeans, attended by servants, stroll on the grass and exercise their dogs. 1804. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘South East View of new Government House. Calcutta. Drawn by Moffat (1804).’ Wat...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1804
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD505
Title:: Panorama of Delhi
Scope & Content:: Panorama of Delhi. 1895. Inscribed: ‘C.H.B. 95.’ Water-colour; 7 by 18 ins. Presented by Lady Roberts, 3 January 1945.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1895
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD525
Title:: A village of fakirs on the banks of the Ganges, Pathargata, Bhagalpur district (Bihar). An Englishman and his wife, shaded by an umbrella, are about to embark on a boat. Artist(s): Ritso, John (1772-1866)
Scope & Content:: A village of fakirs on the banks of the Ganges, Patharghata, Bhagalpur district (Bihar). An Englishman and his wife, shaded by an umbrella, are about to embark on a boat. c.1800. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Fakeer Village at Pattergotta, J.Ritso’; on back in pencil; ‘Pattergotta, India, J.Rit...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1002
Title:: View of the ghats and Aurangzeb’s Mosque, Benares (U.P.). 17 December 1819. Artist(s): Cates, James S. (fl. 1815-1819)
Scope & Content:: View of the ghats and Aurangzeb’s Mosque, Benares (U.P.). 17 December 1819. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the Minarets at Benares. James S. Cates. 87th Regt Pinxt. December 17th, 1819.’ Watercolour painting of Aurangzeb's Mosque and the ghats at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh by James S. C...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1819
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1012
Title:: The Ganges Canal, Roorkee, Saharanpur District (U.P.). Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:: The Ganges Canal, Roorkee, Saharanpur District (U.P.). 1863. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Ganges Canal, Roorkee. Wm Simpson. 1863.’ Purchased 4 November 1956. Note: The Ganges Canal was opened by Lord Dalhousie in April 1854. Watercolour of the Ganges Canal at Roorkee in the Saharanpur Dis...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 Item

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