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131. WD518

Reference (shelfmark):
WD518
Title:
View of the S. face of Cuddapah Fort; an elephant in the foreground. Artist(s): Fraser, Thomas (1776-1823)
Scope & Content:
View of the S. face of Cuddapah Fort; an elephant in the foreground. c.1802. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the South Face of Cudapah, shewing the Nature & State of what remains of that Ancient Fortress. T. Fraser. Engr.’ Water-colour; 14 by 21 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

132. WD540(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(45)
Title:
The White Elephant Palace, within Royal Palace grounds.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The White Elephant Palace, within Royal Palace grounds.’ THIS building, the state room, as it may be termed, of the far famed ‘Lord White Elephant’ of Ava, is situated in the same grounds and on the same line with the Royal Palace. It is only necessary to place this drawing on the right of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

133. WD540(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(65)
Title:
The Elephant Pen, and Wild Elephant taming.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Elephant Pen, and Wild Elephant taming.’ THIS exhibition, which was got up for the entertainment of the Mission, did not appear to be necessarily the process by which the noble and sagacious Elephant is tamed to man’s use in Burmah; as another, simpler, and either more humane or more skilf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

134. WD540(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(84)
Title:
'The Lord White Elephant'.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘'The Lord White Elephant'.’ THIS noble looking animal has lately died, and there is none, it is believed, to fill his place. He had occupied his late royal position for upwards of fifty years, and was said at the time of the Mission (September-October 1855) to be about 60 years old. Viewed in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

135. WD1050

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1050
Title:
An Englishman riding in the howdah of a state elephant. Artist(s): Yule, Sir Henry (1820-1889)
Scope & Content:
An Englishman riding in the howdah of a state elephant. Pencil and water-colour; 8.5 by 11 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1862
Extent:
1 Item

136. WD1473

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1473
Title:
A sick elephant being shot at Lawrencepore (Punjab). Artist(s): Dwyer, John Cornelius (1843-c.1890)
Scope & Content:
A sick elephant being shot at Lawrencepore (Punjab).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 Item

137. WD1700

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1700
Title:
Camel and elephant under trees by a fort, Khari. 29 May 1830. Artist(s): Blagrave, Jane (fl. 1809-1840)
Scope & Content:
Camel and elephant under trees by a fort, Khari. 29 May 1830. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Kharee May 29th 1830.’ Pen-and-ink; 5.5 by 8.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

138. WD1722

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1722
Title:
Distant view of Black Town (Madras), an elephant and palanquin in foreground. Squared drawing for the aquatint published September 1797.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Distant view of Black Town, an elephant and palanquin in foreground. November 1792. Originally inscribed on mount in ink and pencil: ‘Part of the Black Town, Madras.’ Pencil; 16 by 24 ins. Note: Drawing for ‘Oriental Scenery,’ part 2, plate 8. Squared.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1796-1797
Extent:
1 Item

139. WD1767

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1767
Title:
Part of the elephant frieze over the doorway at the Barabar caves. 1790.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Part of the elephant frieze over the doorway at the Barabar caves. 1790. Pencil; 22 by 19 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790
Extent:
1 Item

140. WD1816-1859

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1816-1859
Title:
44 drawings of animals: horses, camels, elephants, shawl-goats, bullocks, waterbuffaloes, two-headed calf, bears, monkeys, nilgai, sambar, pangolin and sea-spider, made in India or on voyages between 1785 and 1793. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840
Scope & Content:
44 drawings of animals: horses, camels, elephants, shawl-goats, bullocks, water-buffaloes, two-headed calf, bears, monkeys, nilgai, sambar, pangolin and sea-spider, made in India or on voyages between 1785 and 1793. Pencil, pen-and-ink, and wash; various sizes. Purchased 9 May 1962. Note: WD1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785-1793
Extent:
1 Item

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