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Project / Collection Amherst Collection Level [40] File

1. Add Or 2538

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2538
Title:
Akbar II (1806-37). Artist(s): Ghulam 'Ali Khan (fl.1817-1852)
Scope & Content:
Akbar II, a halo round his head, wears a fur-trimmed padded coat. He is seated holding a hookah-snake in his left hand, and a writing case lies on the floor beside him. Inscribed on back of original frame in Persian with an English translation: ‘The auspicious Portrait of His Majesty, exalted a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 2539

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2539
Title:
Mirza Salim. second son of Akbar II. Artist(s): Ghulam 'Ali Khan (fl.1817-1852)
Scope & Content:
Prince Mirza Muhammad Salim, the Emperor’s second son. The prince is seated holding a hookah snake in his right hand. He wears a fur-trimmed padded pillar and draped curtains behind him.. Inscribed on back of original frame in Persian with an English translation: ‘The Portrait of the Lord of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 Item

3. Mss Eur F140/232

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F140/232
Title:
First of 3 Journals (1867–73) of Jeffery Charles Amherst, fourth son of 2nd Earl Amherst
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter First of three journals covering Amherst’s service with his regiment and furloughs in India and Europe between 1867 and 1873. Watercolour, pen and ink and pencil drawings interspersed throughout the journal. There are a number of blank pages. 1 On board the Bangalore. ‘Ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1867-12 Jun 1869
Extent:
1 case bound, unpublished volume (unknown number of pages), illustrated with 42 watercolour, pencil and pen and ink drawings

4. Mss Eur F140/233

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F140/233
Title:
Second of 3 Journals (1867–73) of Jeffery Charles Amherst (1844–77), fourth son of 2nd Earl Amherst
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter Second of three journals covering Amherst’s service with his regiment and furloughs in India and Europe between 1867 and 1873. Watercolour, pen and ink and pencil drawings interspersed throughout the journal. There are a number of blank pages. 1 ‘View from Inverarm, Sim...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1869-31 Jul 1870
Extent:
1 case bound, unpublished volume (unknown number of pages), illustrated with 46 watercolour, pencil and pen and ink drawings

5. Mss Eur F140/234

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F140/234
Title:
Third of 3 Journals (1867–73) of Jeffery Charles Amherst (1844–77), fourth son of 2nd Earl Amherst
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter Third of three journals covering Amherst’s service with his regiment and furloughs in India and Europe between 1867 and 1873. Watercolour, pen and ink and pencil drawings interspersed throughout the journal. There are four unidentified watercolour views loose in the album...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1870-Apr 1876
Extent:
1 case bound, unpublished volume (unknown number of pages), illustrated with 49 watercolour, pencil and pen and ink drawings