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Reference (shelfmark):: WD1352
Title:: Naval Gunnery Establishment, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Naval Gunnery Establishment, Bombay. c.1854. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Naval Gunnery Establishment, Bombay, Recd from Marine Department, 30th May, 1854.’ Water-colour; 19.5 by 30 ins. Presented by Captain Jenkins (Indian Navy), 30 May 1854.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1854
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1365
Title:: The Bailey Guard Gate, Lucknow (U.P.). Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:: The Bailey Guard Gate, Lucknow (U.P.). c.1861. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Bailey Guard Gate. Lucknow. Wm. Simpson.’ Water-colour; 10.75 by 14.75 ins. Purchased 2 May 1959.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1861
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1366
Title:: A view of Colombo (Ceylon), with palm trees and the shore in the foreground. Artist(s): Nicholl, Andrew (1804-1886)
Scope & Content:: A view of Colombo (Ceylon), with palm trees and the shore in the foreground. c.1850. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A. Nicholl. A.R.H.A.’: on back in pencil: ‘Colombo, Ceylon.’ Watercolour by Andrew Nicholl (1804-1886) of a view of Colombo in Sri Lanka, dated c. 1850. The image is inscribed on ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1409
Title:: A prospect view of the city of Benares spread out along the bank of the Ganges from Shivala Ghat to Aurangzeb's mosque, with the camp of the Mughal Emperor, Shah 'Alam II, on the right bank of the river.
Scope & Content:: A prospect view of the city of Benares spread out along the bank of the Ganges from Shivala Ghat to Aurangzeb's mosque, with the camp of the Mughal Emperor, Shah 'Alam II, on the right bank of the river. 1765. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Famous and Ancient City of Benares with a View of th...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1765
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1599
Title:: A steamer moored to the bank of a river, probably at Rohri on the Indus; in the background an island fort. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:: A steamer moored to the bank of a river, possibly at Rohri on the Indus; in the background an island fort. c.1860. Water-colour; 11.75 by 14.75 ins. Purchased 4 March 1961. Note: Uninscribed, but in same style as WD137, 1365, 1012 and 1017.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1860
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1612
Title:: View from the Mess House of Poonamallee Fort
Scope & Content:: View from the Mess House of Poonamallee Fort. c.1810. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Poonamallee Fort from the Mess House.’ Water-colour; 8.75 by 13.75 ins. Presented by Miss K. Kay-Mouat, 28 July 1959.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1810
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1694
Title:: View of Mercara Fort (Coorg)
Scope & Content:: View of Mercara Fort (Coorg). c.1840. On back, unfinished portrait sketch. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Mercara Fort; The line of the Western Ghauts of India’; also notes on various buildings and hills. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 8.25 by 13.75 ins. Presented by H. Hodgkin, 11 July 1961. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD1712
Title:: The Residency, Hyderabad (Deccan); a palatial residence in classical style, with imposing entrance gateways, standing in a wooded park. Mosque with minarets in distance; figures, cows and rocks in foreground
Scope & Content:: The Residency, Hyderabad (Deccan); a palatial residence in classical style, with imposing entrance gateways, standing in a wooded park. Mosque with minarets in distance; figures, cows and rocks in foreground. c.1810. Pencil and wash; 15.5 by 22.75 ins. Purchased 8 November 1961. Note: The R...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1810
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2096
Title:: Capturing elephants in Ceylon. c.1825. Military officers supervising the rounding up of elephants
Scope & Content:: Capturing elephants in Ceylon. c.1825. Military officers supervising the rounding up of elephants. A group of officers are seated in a ‘machan’. Below stands a headman or local landlord with attendants carrying palm-leaf fans, the insignia of his status. Villagers and military officers s...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2330
Title:: View from the River Ganges of the burning ghats, Benares (U.P.). Probably 14 December 1873. Artist(s): Lear, Edward (1812-1888)
Scope & Content:: View from the River Ganges of the burning ghats, Benares (U.P.). Probably 14 December 1873. Signed with monogram: ‘E.L.’ Water-colour; 6.5 by 10.25 ins. Purchased 2 June 1965. From the collection of (1) William Selkirk, (2) Hon. Mrs. D. Fellowes. Note: The ghats shown in the drawing are, f...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1873
Extent:: 1 Item

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