Plan of Ootradroog taken by the English Army under the Command of the Rt. Honble Earl Cornwallis KG etc. etc. etc. December 24 1792.. Artist(s): Home, Robert (1752-1834)
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‘Plan of Ootradroog taken by the English Army under the Command of the Rt. Honble Earl Cornwallis KG etc.’ ‘etc.’ ‘etc.’ ‘December 24 1792.’ Pen and ink and water-colour; 52.8 by 37.2 cm.
An album containing drawings made in India, Ceylon, Gibraltar, England and France. Artist(s): Home, Richard (1789-1862)
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An album (ff.1-48) containing pencil drawings made in India, Ceylon, Gibraltar, England and France. List of contents in pencil at front. Album 26.5 by 32.5 cm. Presented by Lady Briscoe, descendant of the artist, with WD3775, 1980. f.1 ‘View from Gordon’s House Raje Ghat. Novr. 43.’ f.2 ...
Inscribed on original label: 'Fort Cornwallis. P. of W. Island from the Culloden, January 1805'. Artist(s): Locker, Edward Hawke (1777-1849)
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Inscribed on original label: ‘Fort Cornwallis. P. of W. Island from the Culloden, January 1805 E.H.L.’ Water-colour; 15.2 by 28 cm. Purchased 1980. Note: The ‘Culloden’ was Admiral Pellew’s flagship, in which Locker sailed to the East.
Two drawings of forts; Jawad and Rampur. 1818. Inscribed: ‘Jawad 29th Jany. 1818’ and ‘Rampoora’. Pen and sepia ink; 21.3 by 31.5 cm. Presented by Professor J.P. Brenan, 1980. Note: In 1818, during the Pindari Wars, Jawad was held by Jaswant Rao Bhau, one of Sindhia’s officers, who supporte...
Fortified gateway with a soldier on guard and two sailors on the parapet, probably England. Artist(s): Parker, William Neville (1774-1853)
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Fortified gateway with a soldier on guard and two sailors on the parapet, probably England c.1810. Inscribed on original backing: ‘Capt. Parker’. Water-colour; 38 by 26 cm. Presented by Professor J.P. Brenan, 1980.