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1831. WD3878

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3878
Title:
Ruins of the palace of the Portuguese General of the North, Bassein. Artist(s): Carpenter, William (1818-1899)
Scope & Content:
Ruins of the palace of the Portuguese General of the North, Bassein. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Bassein Jany. 7th morning’ and on mount: ‘Bassein Jany. 7th 1851’. Water-colour; 17.3 by 24.8 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 Item

1832. WD4032

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4032
Title:
The Nizamat Kila or Palace of Murshidabad, seen from the opposite bank of the Bhagirathi river with the Nawab’s barge in the foreground. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:
The Nizamat Kila or Palace of Murshidabad, seen from the opposite bank of the Bhagirathi river with the Nawab’s barge in the foreground. 22.5 by 44 cm. Note: The palace, designed by General Duncan Macleod (1780-1856) Bengal Engineers, in the style of Government House, Calcutta, was completed i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830s-1840s
Extent:
1 Item

1833. WD4089

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4089
Title:
Amber Palace and fort, Jaipur. Artist(s): Wonnacott, William (1841-1878)
Scope & Content:
Amber Palace and fort, Jaipur. Inscribed: ‘WW. 1.9.77’ and on original framer’s label: ‘Sketched on the spot. The deserted palace & fort at Umeer, Jeypore, the former capital of Jeypore’. Water-colour heightened with white; 28.5 by 39 cm. Note: Made when the regiment was en route from N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 Item

1834. WD4184

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4184
Title:
'Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona. Decr. 1831'. Artist(s): Miller, William (1795-1836)
Scope & Content:
‘Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona. Decr. 1831 W.M.’ Wash with some water-colour; 15.5 by 19 cm. Note: Mahadji Sindhia came to Poona in 1792 and erected this palace at Wanavdi, where he died on 12 February 1794 and was cremated nearby.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 Item

1835. WD4217

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4217
Title:
Nawab Shuja al-Daula's palace at Lucknow. Wrongly inscribed: 'Ancient Palace of Emperors of Hindoostan at Lahore'.. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
Scope & Content:
The palace of Shuja‘ al-Daula at Lucknow, with the mosque of Asaf al-Daula’s Imambara behind, taken from across the river Gumti. c.1798. Inscribed (wrongly): ‘Ancient Palace of Emperors of Hindoostan at Lahore’. In Barton’s hand: ‘given to me by the Nawab Saadat Ali of Oudh’. Wash; 40.5 by 6...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1798
Extent:
1 Item

1836. WD4293

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4293
Title:
View of the palace at Udaipur from across the Pichola lake, Jagniwas Island palace on the left. Artist(s): Waddell, Charles Douglas (1821-1884)
Scope & Content:
View of the palace at Udaipur from across the Pichola lake, Jagniwas Island palace on the left. Pencil; 20.5 by 32.5 cm. Note: Watermark of 1850.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 Item

1837. WD4368

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4368
Title:
Palace of Kharak Singh at Bhadur. Worked up from an earlier sketch of December 1841. Artist(s): Layard, Frederic Peter (1818-1891)
Scope & Content:
Palace of Kharak Singh at Bhadur. Inscribed: ‘Palace of Kurruck Sing - Raja at Bhudour. F.P. Layard. Sukkur 1842. Sketched December 14th 1841’. Note: Kharak Singh, son of Dip Singh, was one of the Bhadaur Sirdars. At the time of the Sutlej campaign he gave assistance to the British with an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
1 Item

1838. WD4445

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4445
Title:
Album containing portrait studies of Bombay servants, sepoys, etc., 1799-1802, with miscellaneous other drawings connected with the artist's daughter Caroline Soppit 1824-1850. Artist(s): Philipps, Julia (fl. 1799-1802)
Scope & Content:
Album containing 14 water-colours by Julia Philipps, née Page, dated Bombay 1799-1802, together with drawings by her sisters Clarissa Gore, afterwards Campbell, and Caroline Ashburner (see Mss Eur C9) together with drawings connected with her daughter Caroline’s marriage to Capt. Matthew Soppitt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1850
Extent:
1 Item

1839. WD4449

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4449
Title:
The Nagarkhana or northern gateway to the old palace at Kolhapur, with elephants in chambers on either side of the central gateway. Artist(s): Herold, Ben. D. (fl. c.1845)
Scope & Content:
The Nagarkhana or northern gateway to the old palace at Kolhapur, with elephants in chambers on either side of the central gateway. Signed lower right ‘Ben.D. Herold Jany. 1845’, and inscribed in ink on reverse: ‘Entrance to the Palace, Kolapore, Bombay Presidency. B.D. Herold, 14th Lt. Dragoo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 Item

1840. WD4463

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4463
Title:
Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
Scope & Content:
Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington) being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace, Madras, by the Nawab ‘Azim al-Daula of the Carnatic, 18th February 1805. Wellesley is being introduced by a languid Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor of Madras, bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 Item

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