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Archive Reference (shelfmark) SMITH, ROBERT (1787-1873) Level [40] File

1. Foster 864

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 864
Title:
Barrackpore House from upriver, the view dominated by the flagtower, the semaphore tower and the circular pavilion, with, in the distance, Lord Minto’s Memorial Hall and Barrackpore House. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
Barrackpore House from upriver, the view dominated by the flagtower, the semaphore tower and the circular pavilion, with, in the distance, Lord Minto’s Memorial Hall and Barrackpore House. The view shows the enlargements to Barrackpore House undertaken by Lord Moira in 1814-5, but not the rail...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1819
Extent:
1 Item

2. Foster 865

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 865
Title:
A scene in Eastern India, a hillock surmounted by a ruinous tomb in which a banyan has taken root, a river and hills in the distance. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
A scene in Eastern India, a hillock surmounted by a ruinous tomb in which a banyan has taken root, a river and hills in the distance. With its melancholy landscape and subject, this suggests that Smith had seen some of Chinnery’s work, and he may indeed have taken some lessons from him in paint...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1819
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD309

Reference (shelfmark):
WD309
Title:
Sketchbook of 29 drawings of landscapes and architecture in the Punjab and U.P. 1812 and 1813. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
29 drawings (29 folios) of landscapes and architecture in the Punjab and U.P. 1812 and 1813. Inscribed on original cover:’ No. 4. Rewarry & Seik Country: Siharunpoor & Hurdwar. Lines of March etc.’; on inside of cover: ‘Drawn by Col Smith. R.E. Owner of the extensive round house at Paignt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 album

4. WD310

Reference (shelfmark):
WD310
Title:
Sketchbook of 18 drawings of landscapes and architecture in the U.P. 1813. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
18 drawings (20 folios) of landscapes and architecture in the U.P. 1813. Inscribed on original cover:’ No. 5. Ganges, Soane R. Cawnpore Jaunpoor.’ Drawings inscribed with titles in pencil. Captain Robert Smith was a military engineer with the East India Company and was in India from 1805 to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD311

Reference (shelfmark):
WD311
Title:
Sketchbook of 27 drawings of views in Lucknow (U.P.) and Sasaram, Hazaribagh and Palamau (Bihar). 1813. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
27 drawings (28 folios) of views in Lucknow (U.P.) and Sasaram, Hazaribagh and Palamau (Bihar). 1813. Inscribed on original cover:’ No. 1. Luknow. Hazaribagh. Palamow’ ‘etc.’ Inscribed on f.1: ‘Drawn by the late Colonel Smith, R.E. Redcliffe Towers, Paignton.’ Drawings inscribed with titles in pe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 album

6. WD312

Reference (shelfmark):
WD312
Title:
Sketchbook of 27 drawings of views made during a march from Benares to Bareilly (U.P.), probably en route for Almora (U.P.). 1814. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
27 drawings (29 folios) of views made during a march from Benares to Bareilly (U.P.), probably en route for Almora (U.P.). 1814. Inscribed on original cover: ‘No. XIII. Ganges & Luknow’. Drawings inscribed with titles in pencil. f.1 Unfinished sketch of building and trees. f.1v,2’ 2.’ ‘View n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 album

7. WD313

Reference (shelfmark):
WD313
Title:
Sketchbook of 21 drawings of operations and scenery in Sirmur, Almora & Kumaon (U.P.) during the Nepal War. 1815. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
21 drawings (27 folios) of operations and scenery in Sirmur, Almora & Kumaon (U.P.) during the Nepal War. 1815. Inscribed on original cover: ‘No. 7. Almorah & Kumaon.’ Drawings inscribed with titles in pencil. f.1v ‘Dekty on the Cosilla R. May, 1815.’ f.2v,3 ‘Seine Mountain, S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD313

Reference (shelfmark):
WD313
Title:
Sketchbook of 21 drawings of operations and scenery in Sirmur, Almora & Kumaon (U.P.) during the Nepal War. 1815. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
21 drawings (27 folios) of operations and scenery in Sirmur, Almora & Kumaon (U.P.) during the Nepal War. 1815. Provenance: presented by Eric Miller, 19 October 1837. Inscribed on original cover: ‘No. 7. Almorah & Kumaon.’ Drawings inscribed with titles in pencil. f.1v ‘Dekty on the Cosil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 bound album

9. WD2087

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2087
Title:
Fort at Allahabad (U.P.) seen from the river.. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
Fort at Allahabad (U.P.) seen from the river. Inscribed on mount in pencil: ‘Allahabad.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD2088

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2088
Title:
S.E. face of the fort at Chunar (U.P.) seen from the river.. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
S.E. face of the fort at Chunar (U.P.) seen from the river Inscribed on mount in pencil: ‘Fort Chunarghar. S.E. face’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item