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032-003278159 Subject Military

1. Add Or 4255

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Add Or 4255
Title:
A Trumpeter, on horseback.
Scope & Content:
A trumpeter on horseback. He wears a yellow coat with red facings and yellow hat with a red crest. Trumpeters wore the reverse colours of their regiments according to an order from Fort St. George of 7th July 1801, so this ‘sowar’ may be a member of the 4th Madras Native Cavalry (raised 1785 as...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4294

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Add Or 4294
Title:
A battle by the water’s edge.
Scope & Content:
A battle by the water’s edge. 104 by 427 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4253

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Add Or 4253
Title:
An irregular horseman, charging with a spear.
Scope & Content:
An irregular horseman charging with a spear. The horseman wears a yellow coat with a red shield attached to his arm. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘An irregular horseman’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4248

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4248
Title:
Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals.
Scope & Content:
Three sepoy musicians playing fife, drum and cymbals. They wear blue coats with red facings, breeches and tall blue caps in Grenadier fashion. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4249

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Add Or 4249
Title:
Four sepoys with temples in the distance.
Scope & Content:
Four sepoys with temples in the distance. All are wearing Madras Native Infantry uniform of red coats with yellow facings, and shorts almost to the knee Inscribed on opposite page: ‘a Guard’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4254

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Add Or 4254
Title:
Two standing troopers wearing only short lungis, and holding matchlock and shield.
Scope & Content:
Two standing troopers wearing only short ‘lungis’, and holding matchlock and shield. Matchlocks were replaced by muskets officially in the 1750s. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Matchlock man on duty.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4252

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4252
Title:
A sowar on a horse, with a musket.
Scope & Content:
A sowar on a horse, with a musket. The sowar is wearing the red coat with green facings, breeches and boots, of the Madras Native cavalry, possibly the Rd (raised 1784, renumbered 2nd in 1788). Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Orderly a Trooper.’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4257

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4257
Title:
Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag.
Scope & Content:
Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag. ‘Nagara’ is a kettledrum. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘The Royal Nagger’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4251

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4251
Title:
A sepoy bowing to a sepoy officer, a temple beyond.
Scope & Content:
A sepoy bowing to a sepoy officer, a temple beyond. The sepoy oddly wears a dhoti rather than shorts. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A Commissioned Native Officer receiving a Compliment.’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4250

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4250
Title:
A sepoy (lascar) before a cannon and a civilian, a fort beyond.
Scope & Content:
A sepoy (lascar) before a cannon and a civilian, a fort beyond. The wears the blue coat with red facings of the Madras Native Artillery, established 1784. Lascar has the meaning of artillery man Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Lasca Sentinel’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

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