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2531. WD4403

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4403
Title:
Scrapbook containing pencil drawings and watercolours by various artists, including Sir Charles D'Oyly, some probably collected when Lord Hastings returned to Europe. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook (ff.1-66) in cream leather covers, stamped in gold, containing pencil drawings and water-colours by various artists, some probably collected after the Hastings returned to Europe. The drawings are tipped on to buff paper, a few with inscriptions below or on the following page. Album...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s
Extent:
1 Item

2532. WD4452

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4452
Title:
A man seated grinding and preparing colours, inscribed Rang Wallah.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
A man seated grinding and preparing colours. Inscribed upper left in pencil and again in ink: ‘Rang Wallah.’ Pencil, pen-and-ink and wash; 200 by 154 mm. Purchased 1999.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786-1792
Extent:
1 Item

2533. WD4493

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4493
Title:
Album of drawings made during the artist's first tour of India.. Artist(s): Massingham, Mike (b.1952)
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings made during Massingham’s first tour of India in 1986. Cloth covered notebook purchased from a stationer in New Delhi. 290 by 230 mm. Note: Massingham’s luggage was stolen three months into this journey, so this notebook replaced the sketchbook he had originally been using. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1986
Extent:
1 Item

2534. WD4494

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4494
Title:
Album of drawings made during a tour of India, February to May 2001.. Artist(s): Massingham, Mike (b.1952)
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings made during a tour of India, February to May 2001. Aside from those drawings made from memory and on train and bus journeys, these pictures were all drawn on the spot at various places in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi and in the newly established state of Uttaranchal (fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
1 Item

2535. WD4524

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4524
Title:
Portrait of Jacob Cowles (1774-1850), East India Company's maritime service, captain of the Indiaman 'Lord Eldon'.. Artist(s): Coslett, R.G. (fl. 1808-27)
Scope & Content:
Small half-length portrait of Jacob Cowles (1774-1850), of the East India Company’s maritime service. He is seated on a chair looking slightly to his right and wears a dark blue coat with black velvet collar, with buff waistcoat and white stock. Signed: ‘R Coslett fecit 1817.’ Cowles was the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1817
Extent:
1 Item

2536. WD4527

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4527
Title:
Three-quarter length portrait of an armed retainer 'Abdallah, his sword and knife attached by bandoliers, and carrying a handaxe.. Artist(s): Nash, Edward (1778-1821)
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait of an armed retainer ‘Abdallah, his sword and knife attached by bandoliers, and carrying a handaxe. Pencil and watercolour; 160 by 118 mm. Signed lower right: ‘EN’; and inscribed on label pasted to reverse of original frame: ‘A Portrait of Abdulla a Mussulman ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805-1806
Extent:
1 Item

2537. WD4528

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4528
Title:
Three-quarter length portrait of a Christian ayah carrying the child Marianne Reeves, afterwards James.. Artist(s): Nash, Edward (1778-1821)
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait of a Christian ayah carrying the child Marianne Reeves. Pencil and watercolour; 155 by 116 mm. Signed lower right: ‘EN’; and inscribed on label pasted to reverse of original frame: ‘A portrait of my sister Marianne Mrs. James & 2ly Mrs. Knapp when a child ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805-1806
Extent:
1 Item

2538. Wq4/6069(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(3)
Title:
Covent Garden labourers. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of labourers in the market at Covent Garden, posed with the wicker baskets using for carrying produce: 'the accompanying photograph represents a group of labourers who are in the service of Mr. Dickson, the well-known florist. Thei...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

2539. Wq4/6069(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(4)
Title:
Halfpenny ices. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of an Italian ice cream seller, with customers crowded round his barrow: 'Italian ice-men constitute a distinct feature of London life, which, however, is generally ignored by the public at large, so far as its intimate details are concerned....
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

2540. Wq4/6069(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(5)
Title:
Black Jack. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a man seated on a donkey cart: 'John Walker, commonly known as 'Black Jack,' or 'Darkie,' is one of the army of licensed hawkers who supply the daily wants of the Metropolitan poor...' Smith's text, much of it reproduced as Walker's verbat...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

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