Portrait of a British infantry field officer of the Madras Army in red regimental uniform with buff facings; in the background, the city of Madras. Artist(s): Caseli, Paul Frederick de (fl. 1803-1817)
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Portrait of a British infantry field officer of the Madras Army in red regimental uniform with buff facings; in the background, the city of Madras. 1810. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘P.F. de Caselli de Frasne. Madras 1810.’ Water-colour; 14.75 by 11.5 ins. Purchased 10 June 1955.
View of the third gateway of the Fort, Gooty. Sepoys in the foreground. Artist(s): Fraser, Thomas (1776-1823)
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View of the third gateway of the Fort, Gooty. Sepoys in the foreground. c.1802. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the 3rd Gateway shewing the only Passage up the Rock of Gooty taken from the Platform of the Southern Bastion of the lower line. T. Fraser, Engr.’; on back in ink: C.’No.17. ...
A fakir's hut in the valley of Periyakulam; an ascetic and a European with sepoys in the foreground. May 1784. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
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(14) A fakir's hut in the valley of Periyakulam; an ascetic and a European with sepoys in the foreground. May 1784. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Habitation of a Fakeer on a Rock in the Vale of Periacollum, May 1784. District of Dindigul.’ Water-colour; 12 by 19 ins.
1st European Light Infantry encamped at Mubarakpur, Azamgarh District (U.P.). February 1843. Artist(s): Edwardes, Sir Herbert Benjamin (1819-1868)
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1st European Light Infantry encamped at Mubarakpur, Azamgarh District (U.P.). February 1843. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘1st Europ. Lt. Infy. Encamped at Mobarakpore at the foot of the Himalayah Hills. Herbert Edwardes. 1st Europn. Lt. Infy. Febry 1843.’ Pencil; 8 by 10.75 ins.
A sepoy of the 3rd Madras Native Infantry. Artist(s): Long, M.A. (fl. 1831)
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A sepoy of the 3rd Madras Native Infantry. 1831. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘M.A. Long’; on back in ink: ‘Nov. 1831. Madras Sepoy, 1831.’ Water-colour; 9.5 by 5.5 ins. Purchased 9 April 1914. Note: At this time the facings of the uniform were dark green and the lace gold; the correspondin...
The Commandant of the Guides, Punjab Frontier Force, reading the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India. 1 January 1877. Painted 1881. Artist(s): Simkin, Richard (1840-1926)
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The Commandant of the Guides, Punjab Frontier Force, reading the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India. 1 January 1877. Painted 1881. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘R.’ ‘Simkin. 81.’ Water-colour; 17 by 31.5 ins. Presented by Mrs. S. Langmore, niece of Sir Francis Howell Jenkins,...