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1. Mss Eur B360a

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Mss Eur B360a
Title:
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35
Scope & Content:
1. Agra Fort, Delhi Gate. 2. Khass Mahal. 3. The palace buildings, from the east. 4. Nagina mosque. 5. Fort from the south-east. 6. Pearl Mosque. 7. The plans of the Great Gun at Agra. Inscribed: (a) ‘Plan, bird’s eye;’ (b) ‘Front elevation’; (c) ‘Breech elevation.’ Pen and ink; ..... mm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

2. Mss Eur B360b (1-64)

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Mss Eur B360b (1-64)
Title:
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35 Also 30 Benares paintings on mic
Scope & Content:
1. ‘Kuttra or Entrance court to Taj.’ 2-9. The Taj Mahal, and details of the pietra dura work. 10. ‘Mosque in Taj Garden.’ 11. Colonel John Hessing’s tomb in the old cemetery at Agra. Inscribed below: ‘Mosque at Agra attached to the Monastery there built by Col. Hessing of the Mhiratta Servi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

3. Mss Eur B360b (65-94)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B360b (65-94)
Title:
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35 Also 30 Benares paintings on mic
Scope & Content:
30 gouache paintings on mica illustrating festivals, transport, occupations and boats, by Benares artists, c. 1820-30. Inscibed below as noted by Lady Sale. Various sets of differing quality have been mixed together. 65. ‘Elephant with Howdah.’ 165 by 216 mm. 66. ‘Suttee - or burning a widow ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

4. Mss Eur B369/3

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Mss Eur B369/3
Title:
Illustrated journal containing 20 drawings and 5 prints. Inscribed on cover: 'Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852'. Artist(s): Machell, Thomas (1824-1862)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on cover: ‘Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852. Thomas Machell’. f.1v Pilgrims at the source of the Ganges. Pencil heightened with white. f.3 Wounded white rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.4 Wounded rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.5 Wounded elephant. Water-colour. f.6 ‘‘St...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 Item

5. Mss Eur C116/1, 2

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Mss Eur C116/1, 2
Title:
Mss Eur C116/1, 2 85 paintings in two volumes illustrating a translation by Charles Boddam into English of a Persian version of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana ...
Scope & Content:
Mss Eur C116/1, 2 85 paintings in two volumes illustrating a translation by Charles Boddam into English of a Persian version of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana.’ By artists at Chapra (Bihar), c.1803-04. Inscribed on title page: ‘The Adhy Atma Ramayan, a History of the Seventh Incarnation of Vishnu’;’ ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803-1804
Extent:
2 items

6. Mss Eur C130/1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C130/1-4
Title:
EDEN, FRANCES (1801-1849) Fanny Eden, eighth daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, accompanied her sister Emily and brother, George (Lord Auc ...
Scope & Content:
EDEN, FRANCES (1801-1849) Fanny Eden, eighth daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, accompanied her sister Emily and brother, George (Lord Auckland), to India while he was Governor-General from 1836 to 1842. Like her sister, Emily, she was a keen amateur artist, though of indifferent ski...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1837-1838
Extent:
4 items

7. Mss Eur C168a

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C168a
Title:
Note-book containing 7 drawings made during the voyage to India, in China, on the return voyage and in India. Artist(s): Goldsmid, Sir Frederick John (1818-1908)
Scope & Content:
Note-book kept by F.J. Goldsmid, 1839-44. 7 drawings made during the voyage to India, in China, on the return voyage and in India. Pencil, and pen-and-ink; size of volume, 7.25 by 9.5 ins. Presented by the British Records Association. f.24v A woman’s costume. ‘From ‘Bell’s Life in London Illu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1844
Extent:
1 Item

8. Mss Eur C215/1, 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C215/1, 2
Title:
Mss Eur C215/1, 2 111 paintings in two volumes illustrating a translation by Charles Boddam of a Persian version of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana.’ By artist ...
Scope & Content:
Mss Eur C215/1, 2 111 paintings in two volumes illustrating a translation by Charles Boddam of a Persian version of the ‘Adhyatma Ramayana.’ By artists at Chapra (Bihar), c.1803-04. Inscribed on title page: ‘The Adhy Atma Ramayan of Vyasa, a History of the Seventh Incarnation of Vishnu’;’ Tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803-1804
Extent:
2 items

9. Mss Eur D141

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Mss Eur D141
Title:
9 drawings in an album, depicting plants from the Deccan. Drawn by Bombardier Llewellyn L. Fidlor for W.H. Sykes, Statistical Reporter to the Bombay Government, between 1824 and 1826 during a survey of the Deccan. Artist(s): Fidlor, Llewellyn (b. 1804)
Scope & Content:
(No.379 in Kaye's ‘Catalogue of Eur. MSS.’) Nine water-colour drawings of plants from the Deccan, bound in a volume measuring 12.5 by 8 inches entitled 'No.1. General and District Geographical Descriptions'. This volume is the first part of Sykes' 'First Report on Statistics of the Dukhun, 18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824-1826
Extent:
1 Item

10. Mss Eur D148

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D148
Title:
Vol 1 of Major W.H. Sykes' 'Report on Poona and Ahmednagar Collectorates' containing 5 miscellaneous views and 5 drawings of the outlines of hills. Artist(s): Fidlor, Llewellyn (b. 1804)
Scope & Content:
(Kaye no.386). 5 drawings by Llewellyn Fidlor. Water-colour; 12.75 by 8 ins. Facing p.86 ‘Fort at Seewner from the East, distant 0.5 mile.’ Tents in the foreground. Facing p.118 ‘Palace of the Mankeswur Family at Tembournee.’ Facing p.198 ‘Furrh Baugh, Ahmednuggur.’ Facing p.236 ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1829
Extent:
1 Item