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31. Foster 669

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 669
Title:
Landscape in northern India; a ruined temple with a domed mosque or tomb in the background and women at a well In the foreground. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Landscape in northern India; a ruined temple with a domed mosque or tomb in the background and women at a well in the foreground. Painted by Thomas Daniell c.1820. Oil on canvas; 21.5 by 17 ins (54.5 by 43 cms). Presented by Sir William Foster, 1938. Literature: Shellim (1979), TD 102.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

32. Foster 799

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 799
Title:
Andrew Grote (1799-1835). Bengal Civil Service, 1819-35. Head and shoulders portrait, full face.
Scope & Content:
Andrew Grote (1799-1835), c.1832-34 Head and shoulders portrait, full face. Grote wears a black coat, black stock and white shirt and is seated in a red chair. Andrew Grote, brother of the historian, George Grote, was a member of the Bengal Civil Service and served in India, 1819-35. He spen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1832-1834
Extent:
1 Item

33. Foster 800

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 800
Title:
Isabella Grote (nee Macdonald), wife of Andrew Grote (F799). Head and shoulders, full face. She wears a green dress and red stole
Scope & Content:
Isabella Grote (nee Macdonald), c.1832-34 Head and shoulders, full face. She wears a green dress and red stole. Isabella and Andrew Grote were married on 3 February 1830 at Moradabad. A daughter, Alexandrina Jessy, was born in 1831 and a son, Andrew Macdonald, a month before his father’s dea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1832-1834
Extent:
1 Item

34. Foster 840

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 840
Title:
Sir William Jones (1746-94). Three-quarters length portrait by A.W. Devis. He is seated at a table on which is a statuette of Ganesa, against the background of a balcony with a column and draperies. Artist(s): Devis, Arthur William (1762-1822)
Scope & Content:
Sir William Jones (1746-94), aged 47, painted 1793 Three-quarters length portrait. The subject is wearing a white cravat and shirt, black coat, breeches and boots. He is seated against the background of a balcony with a column and draperies gathered up on the right. His head is turned to his...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1793
Extent:
1 Item

35. Foster 841

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 841
Title:
Colonel Joseph Binning, CIE, CUD, ADC. Commandant Second (Presidency) Battalion Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 1899 to 1913. Manager of the Ellenbarrie Tea Company. Three-quarter length portrait.. Artist(s): Harris, A.E. (1865-1951)
Scope & Content:
Colonel Joseph Binning, C.I.E. Commandant Second (Presidency) Battalion Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 27th September, 1899 to 25th January, 1913. Manager of the Ellenbarrie Tea Company. Three-quarters length portrait of a middle-aged man with fair hair and a moustache, wearing a khaki peaked cap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 Item

36. Foster 842

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 842
Title:
Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Marston Leslie. Commandant, Second (Presidency) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 1913 to 1917. Attorney with the firm of S.J. Leslie and Sons, Calcutta. Three-quarter length portrait, wearing khaki dress uniform. Artist
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Marston Leslie Commandant, Second (Presidency) Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, January 1913 to April 1917. Attorney with the firm of S.J. Leslie and Sons, Calcutta. Three-quarters length portrait. The subject has dark, greying hair and moustache, he is bare ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 Item

37. Foster 843

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 843
Title:
Colonel Reginald Craufuird Sterndale. Commandant, Presidency Volunteer Rifle Battalion, Calcutta 1888 to 1895. Retired major, Cantonment Magistrate, Dum Dum. Three-quarter length portrait, wearing a khaki forage cap and field uniform. Artist(s): Harris
Scope & Content:
Colonel Reginald Craufuird Sterndale Commandant, Presidency Volunteer Rifle Battalion, Calcutta 14th September 1888 to 12th February 1895. Retired major, Cantonment Magistrate, Dum Dum. Three-quarters length portrait. The figure has grey hair and an auburn moustache and wears a khaki forage ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 Item

38. Foster 844

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 844
Title:
Colonel Bendyshe Walton CIE. Commandant, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 1877 to 1878. Retired officer British Army Staff Corps. Three-quarter length portrait, wearing a dark drab mess uniform. Artist(s): Harris, A.E. (1865-1951)
Scope & Content:
Colonel Bendyshe Walton C.I.E. Commandant, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, 11th January 1877 to 8th November 1878. Retired officer British Army Staff Corps. Three-quarters length portrait. The figure has auburn hair, moustache and side whiskers. He is bare-headed and wears a dark drab mess unifo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1913
Extent:
1 Item

39. Foster 847

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 847
Title:
Portrait of Pierre Fombelle (1731-1802) with his daughter, Lucy (1766-1819) and granddaughter Mary (1788-1877).
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Pierre Fombelle (1731-1802) with his daughter, Lucy (1766-1819) and granddaughter Mary (1788-1877), c.1795. Fombelle is seated holding a cane, his granddaughter on his left with her right arm on his shoulder, his daughter sits on his right, holding a book. On the wall behind them is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1795
Extent:
1 Item

40. Foster 848

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 848
Title:
Half length portrait of John Fombelle (1763-1849), c.1820, standing holding a book in his left hand.
Scope & Content:
Half length portrait of John Fombelle (1763-1849), c.1820, standing holding a book in his left hand. Oil on canvas, 74.2 by 61.5 cms. John Fombelle was the son of Pierre Fombelle, see F847. He was in India as a Writer in 1783, Sub-secretary in the Secret Department 1789-93, and Judge and Magi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item