Miniature portrait of an Indian lady. Artist(s): Alefounder, John (1758-94)
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Miniature portrait of an Indian lady. 1790. Facing right, she wears a green-bordered white sari and many necklaces, armlets and RIngs, large earrings and a crescent-moon shaped pendant over her forehead, suspended from a pearl necklace arranged over her long loose hair. In her right hand is the...
Cameo portrait to right in grisaille of an unknown lady. Signed by Samuel Andrews, Calcutta 1802. Artist(s): Andrews, Samuel (1767-1807)
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Cameo portrait in grisaille of a lady in profile facing right, 1802. Signed and dated: ‘S. Andrews Calcutta 1802.’ Gouache on card; oval, 90 by 72 mm, in a rectangular wooden frame 145 by 123 mm. Purchased 1996.
Sketchbook of views and portraits mostly in Delhi and Punjab c.1834, with two views at the Cape.
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Sketchbook of views and portraits mostly in Delhi and Punjab, c.1834. The artist was almost certainly female in view of the portraits of ladies in purdah. There is a large number of blank pages between f.45 and f.46. Pencil (except where noted); album leaves 30.5 by 19.5 cm. Purchased 1997. ...
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)
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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...
A Shan girl, facing the viewer, a large colourful turban cloth round her head. Water-colour; 34 by 24 cm. Inscribed below previously: ‘Shan Girl - Pangyang tour.’
Lahu girl, wearing large earrings and many bead necklaces.. Artist(s): Molloy, Sylvia (b.1914)
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A Lahu girl. She wears a black cap over her hair, large bamboo cylindrical earrings with silver pendants, and bead and other necklaces. April 1941. Water-colour; 29 by 23 cm. Inscribed below: ‘Lahu Girl - Pangyang tour.’
Portrait of Louisa Bird, wife of Shearman Bird Junior, in a decollete dress and elaborate feathered hat. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), attributed to
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Bust portrait of Mrs. Shearman Bird, c.1810. She is depicted full face with auburn curls, wearing a black décolleté dress trimmed with lace, a red shawl, and a large black hat with ostrich feathers, together with a fancy diamond ensemble. Inscribed on card inside frame: ‘Mrs Shearman Bird née L...
Parsee girl. Artist(s): Solomon, William Ewart Gladstone (1880--1965)
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A Parsee girl seated on a chair wrapped in a shawl, viewed almost in profile. Signed along bottom in white paint: ‘W.E. Gladstone Solomon - India - 1918.’ Mixed media on paper; 492 by 282 mm. Purchased 1999.
Portrait of Harry A. Carless (1894-1976). Artist(s): Moore, E. Nash (fl. 1940)
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Portrait of Harry Alfred Carless (1894-1976), M.A., LL.B., c. 1940. The subject served in the Indian Police 1914-47; Asst. Supt. 1914; Offg. Supt. 1921; Principal Police Training School Moradabad 1930-31; Police Adviser to the Resident of Rajputana 1944-47. Watercolour and pastel on paper; siz...
Portrait of Jacob Cowles (1774-1850), East India Company's maritime service, captain of the Indiaman 'Lord Eldon'.. Artist(s): Coslett, R.G. (fl. 1808-27)
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Small half-length portrait of Jacob Cowles (1774-1850), of the East India Company’s maritime service. He is seated on a chair looking slightly to his right and wears a dark blue coat with black velvet collar, with buff waistcoat and white stock. Signed: ‘R Coslett fecit 1817.’ Cowles was the...
