Three views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: These three topographical views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar were sketched from on board ship. The upper view shows a fully worked watercolour drawing of the sketch found in WD3533, showing the town of Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] as it extends along th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:
3 topographical, watercolour views on 1 sheet of paper
Three views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: These three topographical views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar were sketched from on board ship. The upper view shows a fully worked watercolour drawing of the sketch found in WD3533, showing the town of Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] as it extends along th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:
3 topographical, watercolour views on 1 sheet of paper
The journals of William Daniell. 4 notebooks.. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Four notebooks containing the journals of the artist William Daniell, written while travelling in India with his uncle Thomas Daniell (1749-1840), containing details of the their travels and their work. The journals contain copious references to the working methods and drawings of both artists (...
`Journal of a voyage to the East Indies, and during a residence there, a tour through the Mysore and Tanjore countries...': professional manuscript copy, c1857, of illustrated journal, dated 1798-1801, by Charlotte Florentia Clive (later Duchess of Nothumberland) (1787-1866), daughter of 2nd Lord...
Miscellaneous letters and other material connected with Robert Home and his family. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834), and others
Scope & Content:
p>Miscellaneous letters and other material connected with Robert Home and his family. Bequeathed by E.P. Westby Esq., along with WD4426-4431, and F888 (Robert Home's miniature painting cabinet). 1. Recipe book, with index, of oils, colours, varnishes etc, written in Robert Home’s hand. ff1...
Bookplates, inscriptions, etc., from various of the volumes of drawings from the Colin MacKenzie collection subsequently mounted separately. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
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Bookplates, inscriptions, etc., from various of the volumes of drawings from the Colin MacKenzie collection subsequently mounted separately.. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Sketch map of Calcutta and areas to the south. Artist(s): Colebrooke, Robert Hyde (1762-1808)
Scope & Content:
Plan of areas near Calcutta to the south of Kidderpore and Garden Reach. 1780s. Inscribed with 18th Century place names and two lengthy inscriptions describing a survey. Note: Throughout the 1780s Colebrooke conducted surveys in Bengal. The dockyards at Kidderpore were built between 1780 and ...
Album of portraits, autographs, drawings and riddles assembled by an anonymous British resident of Madras Presidency in the 1830s - 40s.
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Album of portraits, autographs, topographical views, drawings and riddles assembled by an anonymous British resident of Madras Presidency in the 1830s - 40s. 68 pages. 125 portrait sketches, many identified with ink captions. Some of the sitters include: Miss Blake (f.3), Captain Fowler and Mrs....
