'Palladian house, Bhagalpur'. Artist(s): James, Marianne Jane (b. 1805)
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Palladian house, Bhagalpur. Water-colour and pen and ink; 19.5 by 24.5 cm. Note: 16 July: ‘‘Landed in the evening at Boglipore ... very warmly received by Mr and Mrs Nisbet ... they have a delightful house and park and it is the healthiest station on this side of India ... I made a sketch of t...
An Indian girl. Original drawing for the frontispiece to 'Scenery, costumes and architecture, chiefly on the Western side of India'. Artist(s): Grindlay, Robert Melville (1786-1877)
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An Indian girl posing coquettishly. Original drawing for the frontispiece to ‘Scenery, costumes and architecture, chiefly on the Western side of India.’ Water-colour on ivory; 13.2 by 9.3 cm. Purchased 1994.
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)
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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...
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.’
Henry W. Lawrence. Sent back from Lucknow, 1858. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of a youth and a young woman, seated on a garden seat in front of a building, presumably in England. The young man is (Sir) Henry Waldemar Lawrence (1845-1908), son of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
