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2221. WD3547

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3547
Title:
Gwalior fort from the north-east, August 1780, with the union flag flying above the battlements. Artist(s): Hicks, John (d. 1781)
Scope & Content:
Gwalior fort from the north-east, August 1780, with the union flag flying above the battlements. Wash; 31.3 by 57.4 cm. Purchased 1976. Note: See also WD750, Mackenzie collection, and a line engraving based on the drawings, P788, inscribed: ‘To Major William Popham, and the rest of the Office...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

2222. WD3635

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3635
Title:
'Sketch of the Town and Fort of Pegu shewing the line of attack on the 4th June 1852. June 30th 1852 copied from Lt. Mayne’s. F.C. Maisey'. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles (1825-1892)
Scope & Content:
‘Sketch of the Town and Fort of Pegu shewing the line of attack on the 4th June 1852. June 30th 1852 copied from Lt. Mayne’s. F.C. Maisey’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 18.8 by 28.6 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 Item

2223. WD3642

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3642
Title:
British and Indian troops plundering the Kaisarbagh during the capture of Lucknow, March 1858. Artist(s): Lundgren, Egron Sellif (1815-1875)
Scope & Content:
British and Indian troops plundering the Kaisarbagh during the capture of Lucknow, March 1858. Ink and water-colour heightened with white on tinted paper; 36.2 by 53 cm. Purchased 1977. Note: Reproduced as a lithograph in W.H. Russell, ‘My diary in India in the year 1858-9’, London 1860, vol....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 Item

2224. WD3643

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3643
Title:
Notebook containing notes and drawings made during the Tirah campaign, 1897-8. Artist(s): Marsh, Jeremy Taylor (1872-1944)
Scope & Content:
Notebook (ff.1-61) containing notes and drawings made during the Tirah campaign, 1897-8. Most pen and ink and wash, some pencil, two water-colours. Some pages blank. Album 9.5 by 15 cm. Presented by the artist’s son, Major J.T. Marsh, 1977. Frontis. ‘With the ‘Peshawar Column’ Tirah Expedi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897-1898
Extent:
1 Item

2225. WD3731

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3731
Title:
The yacunins, or Japanese guards, defending the legation against attack, 1861.. Artist(s): Wirgman, Charles (1832-1891)
Scope & Content:
The yacunins, or Japanese guards, defending the legation against attack. Inscribed: ‘C. Wirgman’. Water-colour; 34.7 by 51.3 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 Item

2226. WD3732

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3732
Title:
A wounded guard being attended by a doctor following the attack on the legation, Tokyo, 1861.. Artist(s): Wirgman, Charles (1832-1891)
Scope & Content:
A wounded guard being attended by a doctor following the attack on the legation. Inscribed: ‘C. Wirgman’. Water-colour; 34.5 by 51.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 Item

2227. WD3767

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3767
Title:
Album containing 17 satirical drawings on the treatment of Tayler at the hands of Sir Frederick Halliday, Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, and other officials, along with newspaper cuttings relating to the affair. Artist(s): Tayler, William (1808-1892)
Scope & Content:
Album (ff.1-28) containing satirical drawings on the treatment of Tayler by Sir Frederick Halliday, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and other officials, along with newspaper cuttings relating to the affair. Water-colour, drawings various sizes, laid down with inscriptions in Tayler’s hand on the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1859
Extent:
1 item

2228. WD3775

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3775
Title:
Twenty-two loose drawings together with a map and three plans. Home accompanied the British army under Cornwallis during the 3rd Mysore War 1791-1792 and drew many of the hill forts, or droogs, captured during the campaign. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
Scope & Content:
Twenty-two loose drawings together with a map and three plans. Home accompanied the British army under Cornwallis during the 3rd Mysore War 1791-1792 and drew many of the hill forts, or droogs, captured during the campaign. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 Item

2229. WD3821

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3821
Title:
The destruction by gunpowder of the ship 'Equitable' on Fultah Sands, 14th December 1839.
Scope & Content:
The destruction by gunpowder of the ship ‘Equitable’ on Fultah Sands, 14th December 1839. A huge pillar of water rises into the air, while the occupants of a jolly boat rest on their oars and cheer at the sight. Inscribed in pencil on reverse: ‘Explosion of the “Equitable” a little above the “...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

2230. WD3827

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3827
Title:
The action off Pulo Aor, near Malacca, 15 February 1804
Scope & Content:
The action off Pulo Aor, near Malacca, 15 February 1804. Inscribed with names of ships (inscription partially trimmed): ‘Cumberland, Warren Hastings, Dorsetshire, Henry Addington, Earl of Abergavenny, Coutts, Rl. George, Earl Camden, Warley, Alfred, Wexford, Ganges, Exeter, Bombay Castle, Ocean...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 Item

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