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201. WD485

Reference (shelfmark):
WD485
Title:
Album of 212 drawings and 11 lithographs depicting costume, occupations, scenery and buildings in Sind, Cutch and Bombay. 1830 to 1845. The majority of the sketches are by Thomas Postans, but a few (e.g. f 76a) are by his wife, Marianne. Artist(s): Postans, Thomas (1808-1846)
Scope & Content:
POSTANS, THOMAS (1808-1846) Postans entered the Bombay Native Infantry in 1829. He was posted to Surat, Baroda and Poona, and from 1834 to 1839 was line adjutant at Bhuj in Cutch. He was known to be a keen amateur archaeologist and in May and June 1838 he was put on special duty to obtain fac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1845
Extent:
1 Item

202. WD540(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(76)
Title:
Mameet. Taline Lady. Daughter of the Native Magistrate of Prome.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Mameet. Taline Lady. Daughter of the Native Magistrate of Prome.’ THESE young Ladies were daughters of the Tseekay, or native Magistrate, of Prome, and are believed to he very characteristic of the gentler looking and prettier race of the Talines, or Peguers. They were exceedingly fair, and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

203. WD540(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(78)
Title:
Shembaloon, native of Koonyoo. Khien Woman.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Shembaloon, native of Koonyoo. Khien Woman.’ THESE women, who were small made, and very plain, are of the semi-wild race of people known as ‘Khyens’, inhabiting a portion of the Aracan hills. (See Report page 283.) The faces of these poor women were tattooed over their whole surface; a barbar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

204. WD540(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(79)
Title:
Khien Woman.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Khien Woman.’ THESE women, who were small made, and very plain, are of the semi-wild race of people known as ‘Khyens’, inhabiting a portion of the Aracan hills. (See Report page 283.) The faces of these poor women were tattooed over their whole surface; a barbarism which is said to have had fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

205. WD540(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(80)
Title:
Moung Toh. Khien.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung Toh. Khien.’ BELIEVED to be the husband of one of the Khyen women already noticed, and far better looking than either. The character of the face strongly approximates to the Shan physiognomy.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

206. WD540(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(81)
Title:
Moung Shwé-Gnyo. Myoke of Thayet-myo.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung Shwé-Gnyo. Myoke of Thayet-myo.’ MYOKE, or under Magistrate, of Thyetmew, the British frontier station. He is said to have commanded a considerable body of the Burmese against us at the taking of Rangoon, and according to his own history of the event, to have been the last to quit the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

207. WD540(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(82)
Title:
Moung Yué. Myoke of Meerday.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung Yué. Myoke of Meerday.’ MYOKE of the frontier station depot of Meaday. This old man bears the soubriquet of ‘‘the British Lion’,’ from some resemblance which it is fancied he bears to the well known and honoured Heraldic King of Quadrupeds. He joined the British at commencement of the w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

208. WD540(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(83)
Title:
Governor of Pagân.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Governor of Pagân.’ CALLED also the ‘Myit-sing-woon’, ‘a kind of High Sheriff of the Irrawaddee.’ (Report page 34 )
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

209. WD540(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(85)
Title:
'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.’ FIG 1, — A plate of gold, probably eighteen inches in length, bordered with innumerable Rubies, and having, in the centre, the name or title of the Royal beast. Worn across the forehead. FIG 2. — The jewelled Frontlet, worn above the trunk, and below the ey...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

210. WD953

Reference (shelfmark):
WD953
Title:
Album of 116 drawings made under the supervision of MacKenzie; ff. 1-74 depict 'antiquities' and ff. 75-105 costume, customs, life and scenes in Java. 1811-13. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
'Book 19'. 116 drawings (105 folios) made under the supervision of MacKenzie; ff.1-74 depict ‘antiquities' and ff.75-105 costume, customs, life and scenes in Java. 1811-13. f.1 inscribed in ink: ‘Antiquities & Costume of Java. 1812-3. This volume contains 116’ ‘Drawings’; in red ink: ‘C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1811-1813
Extent:
1 Item

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