Palladian garden-house near Madras. By a Madras artist, c.1790. Inscribed on mount: ‘House built by Thomas Powney Esq., 2 miles from Fort St George on the Mount Road.’ Water-colour; 6.5 by 13.25 ins. Purchased 10 August 1957. Note: Thomas Powney (1721-82) was a free merchant living in Madra...
Courtyard of a house with canopy. Door-keepers in red and green liveries stand on each of the verandahs. By a Patna artist, c.1815. 1814 water-mark. Unfinished water-colour; 17 by 25.5 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1959. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Patna in 194...
Bungalow of Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert, Hazaribagh (Bihar).
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Bungalow of Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert, Commandant of the Ramgarh Battalion, Hazaribagh (Bihar); silver-stick bearers and a carriage and pair at the door; goat, cows and guinea-fowl in the foreground. Inscribed: ‘Our House at Hazareebaug.’
Plan of Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert's bungalow at Hazaribagh (Bihar).
Scope & Content:
Plan of Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert’s bungalow at Hazaribagh (Bihar). Inscribed with scale and key to the various rooms. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 13.5 by 19.75 ins.
Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert's bungalow at Sambalpur (Orissa).
Scope & Content:
Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert’s bungalow at Sambalpur (Orissa) on the banks of the Mahanadi River. Hills in distance, river with rocky bed in foreground. Inscribed: ‘Sumbhulpore. Commandant’s House. Banks of the Mahamddee’; on back: ‘House at Sumbhulpore.’
View of the Commandant's house at Sambalpur. (Orissa).
Scope & Content:
View from the Commandant’s house at Sambalpur (Orissa), showing the fort at the foot of the hills, river bed in foreground. Inscribed: ‘Sumbhulpore. View from the House’; on back: ‘Fort of Sumbhulpore.’
A single-storeyed European house at Chapra (Bihar) standing in a large grassy compound; a European couple standing at the door. Inscribed on back: ‘East View of Chuprah.’ Water-mark of 1794. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 18.25 by 25 ins. Black rule border. Note: The inscription was copied f...