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2931. WD4297

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4297
Title:
A handsomely furnished drawing-room, with windows looking out over palm trees to the sea beyond, Bombay
Scope & Content:
A handsomely furnished drawing-room, with windows looking out over palm trees to the sea beyond. Inscribed on label on back of original mount: ‘Drawing room in our Grand-father’s - General F.W. Marriott’s House in Bombay about 1857’. Water-colour; 29 by 42.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 Item

2932. WD4302

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4302
Title:
Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
Scope & Content:
Single storey house with blue shutters, sails of boats on the lake beyond, c.1830. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Red Hills. The Country Retreat of Mr James Taylor - Public Functionary’. Water-colour in wash borders; 28.2 by 38.2 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: James Taylor, Madras Civil Service 1795...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

2933. WD4303

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4303
Title:
The house at Cisarua occupied in 1814 by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills.
Scope & Content:
Thatched bungalow on a low mound at the foot of wooded hills. 1814. Inscribed: ‘The House of Cisoroa. Dec 1814’. Pencil; 21 by 24.7 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: This house at Cisarua was used by Stamford Raffles when Governor of Java. The drawing is the only known view of the house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

2934. WD4306

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4306
Title:
Drawings in an album with paper covers inscribed: 'Unfinished Original Pencil Sketches Chiefly in Himalaya Mountains India &c'. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
Scope & Content:
Drawings, various sizes, in an album (ff.1-13) with paper covers inscribed in ink over pencil: ‘Unfinished Original Pencil Sketches Chiefly in Himalaya Mountains India &c. by Col. G.F. White’. Album 54 by 33 cm. f.1 ‘Bloomville. Simla. Col. W’s residence in 1840’. Pencil; 31 by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1846
Extent:
1 Item

2935. WD4321

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4321
Title:
Album with laid down drawings, some loose, a few by other hands, mostly of western India. Artist(s): Ray, Gordon Meredith (1912-1993)
Scope & Content:
Album (ff.1-15) with laid down drawings, some loose, a few by other hands. Drawings various sizes, album 34.5 by 44 cm. Bequeathed by the artist, 1993, as part of Mss Eur F256/1-26. The album was formerly item 24 and was transferred to Prints and Drawings in July 1993. Mss Eur F256 includes ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1937-1949
Extent:
1 Item

2936. WD4365

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4365
Title:
Kacchi. Worked up from an earlier sketch of June 1841. Artist(s): Layard, Frederic Peter (1818-1891)
Scope & Content:
Kacchi. Inscribed: ‘Ruins of Nadu Shah's Sarae at Kote-Kuchhua. Elehd(?) on the River Suttledge. Octr. 1843. F.P. Layard Sketd. 28th June 1841’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
1 Item

2937. WD4370

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4370
Title:
Bungalow with steep roof and dormer windows, surrounded by a large garden. A group of figures in the lawn. Possibly Western or Southern India
Scope & Content:
Bungalow with steep roof and dormer windows, surrounded by a large garden. A group of figures in the lawn. Possibly Western or Southern India. 1883. Inscribed: ‘N.H. 1883.’ Water-colour; 24.5 by 42 cm. Purchased 1993.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1883
Extent:
1 Item

2938. WD4381

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4381
Title:
View of the west end of St John's Church, Calcutta, showing houses fronting onto the churchyard and the Rohilla monument. Artist(s): Prinsep, Amelia Rebecca (1798-1860)
Scope & Content:
View of the west end of St. John's Church, Calcutta showing houses fronting onto the churchyard and the Rohilla monument, c.1830. Inscribed: ‘Calcutta. From W. Prinsep by E.R. Prinsep’, and on the original mount: ‘William's House. Charles's House St John's Church’. Water-colour; 18.7 by 26.6...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

2939. WD4382

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4382
Title:
Belvedere House, Alipur. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:
Belvedere House, Alipur. Signed: ‘W.P.’ and inscribed on original mount: ‘Belvedere House at Alipore, WP’. Water-colour; 20.3 by 29.8 cm. Purchased 1994. Note: Charles Robert Prinsep was living at Belvedere in 1838 when this drawing was probably made. The Prinsep family bought the house in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1838
Extent:
1 Item

2940. WD4391

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4391
Title:
Small sketchbook of 83 miscellaneous drawings, mainly in India and St Helena. Artist(s): Eden, William (c.1768-1851)
Scope & Content:
Album (ff.1-91) in red leather covers with brass clasps, and a paper label pasted on the front inscribed: ‘Wm Eden.’ Some pages with 1809 watermark, drawings in water-colour unless described otherwise. Album 12.5 by 20.5 cm. f.1 Head studies. f.2 Striped tent. f.3 Three boatmen pullin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

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