Mountain landscape with figures round a camp fire and snowy peaks beyond. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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Mountain landscape with figures round a camp fire and snowy peaks beyond. Inscribed: ‘Peaks near the source of the Ganges. G.F. White’. On original mount: ‘Near the source of the Ganges R, Himala Mtns. G.F.W. delt’. Pencil heightened with white on tinted paper; 28 by 38.2 cm. Purchased 1970.
The Qutb Minar, Delhi. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
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The Qutb Minar, Delhi. Inscribed: ‘The Kootoob - near Delhi. G.F. White delt. 15th Decr. 1838’. Pencil and ink; 19 by 28.2 cm. Purchased 1970. Note: In 1803 the Qutb Minar sustained damage during an earthquake, including the collapse of the upper storey. The repairs and renovations were m...
Album of 40 drawings that appear to have been made during periods of duty in Central India and while on furlough and sick leave. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
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f.1 Panhala fort, Kolhapur State. Inscribed: ‘The Gate of Panulla from ye outside CWC 1846’ and on reverse: ‘The Outside of the Western Gate at Penulla, here it was that all the hard fighting took place when the fort was stormed’. Below: ‘No.1. Exterior of the Western Gate of Penulla, a Mahratta ...
