Jaswant Singh. Maharaja of Bharatpur (1853-93), who succeeded as a minor, 1853. Unfinished. On reverse: 'A sketch of Scandal Point, Breach Candy, Bombay'. Artist(s): Carpenter, William (1818-1899)
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Jaswant Singh. Maharaja of Bharatpur (c.1850-93), who succeeded as a minor, 1853. Inscribed: ‘The young rajah of Bhurtpoor Decr. 1852’ Unfinished water-colour with pencil; 35 by 25 cm. On reverse: ‘A sketch of Scandal Point, Breach Candy, Bombay’
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
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Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, from the shore. Water-colour; 24.8 by 38.5 cm in wash borders. Note: These early views of Fort Cornwallis, with stockaded walls, must have been made shortly after Penang was taken on behalf of the East India Company by Captain Francis Light, and renamed...
View of Trincomalee Harbour from the south looking across to Dutch Point, with the official quarters of the Assistant Government Agent in the middle distance and the fortified headland of Fort Frederick beyond. Artist(s): Stockley, George Watts (1837-1
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View of Trincomalee Harbour from the south looking across to Dutch Point, with the official quarters of the Assistant Government Agent in the middle distance and the fortified headland of Fort Frederick beyond. Inscribed: ‘G.W.S. Trinco. 2.83’.
Kandy from the road skirting Wace Park with the prison below and the peak of Hantanne beyond. Artist(s): Stockley, George Watts (1837-1916)
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Kandy from the road skirting Wace Park with the prison below and the peak of Hantanne beyond. Inscribed: ‘G.W.S. Kandy 15.4.’84’. Note: The prison was built in 1882.
Album containing 31 folios of drawings, including views of Landsdowne, Garhwal, Roorkee, Peshawar, Mussoorie; Gurkha soldiers. Artist(s): Gray, Ruby K. (b. 1896)
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(ff.1-31) Includes views of Landsdowne, Garhwal, Roorkee, Peshawar, Mussoorie; Gurkha soldiers.
