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11. WD2040

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2040
Title:
Camp at Tirrit in the Shayok Valley, during Sir Douglas Forsyth’s Mission to Yarkand. 2 October 1873. Artist(s): Chapman, Sir Edward Francis (1840-1926)
Scope & Content:
Camp at Tirrit in the Shayok Valley, during Sir Douglas Forsyth’s Mission to Yarkand. 2 October 1873. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Tirrit. Camp in the valley of the Shayok. 2nd Oct 1873. E. F. Chapman. 6623.’ Water-colour; 8 by 12 ins. Presented together with Photo147 and Mss Eur D610. by Mis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 Item

12. WD2209

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2209
Title:
Album of 19 drawings of scenes and landscapes made during an embassy to Abyssinia. 1841-1843. Artist(s): Bernatz, Johann Martin (1802-1878)
Scope & Content:
19 drawings of scenes and landscapes made during an embassy to Ethiopia. 1841-1843. Inscribed on fly-leaf: ‘Views in Abyssinia. Painted by Mr Bernatz during Major Harris's mission to Shoa, illustrating the scenery of the localities in which the Colobus Guereza (Ruppel), the Cynocephalus Gelad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841-1843
Extent:
1 Item

13. WD3274

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3274
Title:
‘Colonel D’arcy Drawings Made During the Embassy to Persia 1810–12’ by Joseph D’Arcy (1780–1846)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains fifty-eight watercolour landscape views of locations visited during the Ouseley embassy to Persia, 1810–12, as well as two handlists, probably created by later owner F. G. McCutcheon c. 1880, two notes from The Graphic magazine to McCutcheon and a newspa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-12
Extent:
Album of 58 watercolour drawings of views of Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey, mostly made during the Ouseley embassy to Tehran (1810–12), 1 newspaper cutting, 2 notes and 2 handlists (c. 1880) lightly tipped into a leather-bound album.

14. WD3837

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3837
Title:
On reverse: 'Ceremonial militia to welcome Lady Linlithgow to Bhutan'. Artist(s): Henderson, William (b. 1903)
Scope & Content:
‘Warrior. 31.5.43. Paro Dsong. William Henderson’, and on reverse: ‘Ceremonial militia to welcome Lady Linlithgow to Bhutan, 1943, MVA.’ Pencil and water-colour; 38.8 by 28.7 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

15. WD3838

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3838
Title:
On reverse: 'A state monk of Bhutan acting as thurifer on the occasion of Lady Linlithgow’s visit to Paro'. Artist(s): Henderson, William (b. 1903)
Scope & Content:
‘William Henderson. 16.43. Paro Dsong’, and on reverse: ‘A state monk of Bhutan acting as thurifer on the occasion of Lady Linlithgow’s visit to Paro, 1943 MVA.’ Pencil and water-colour; 39 by 30.7 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

16. WD4317, f.16va

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4317, f.16va
Title:
One of the Envoy’s Servants equipped for the Road. From Brydges, An Account of the Transaction of His Majesty’s Mission to the Court of Persia, facing p.3.. Artist(s): Picken, Andrew (1815-1845), after Sutherland, James (1784-1850)
Scope & Content:
‘One of the Envoy’s Servants equipped for the Road. Sketched from Life by Sir J. Sutherland. On stone by A. Picken. Printed by J. Netherclift’. Note: From Brydges, ‘An Account of the Transaction of His Majesty’s Mission to the Court of Persia’, facing p.3. Lieutenant James Su...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834
Extent:
1 Item

17. WD4317, f.16vb

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4317, f.16vb
Title:
One of the Envoy’s Meerzas, or Secretaries. From Brydges, An Account of the Transaction of His Majesty’s Mission to the Court of Persia, facing p.74.. Artist(s): Picken, Andrew (1815-1845), after Sutherland, James (1784-1850)
Scope & Content:
‘One of the Envoy’s Meerzas, or Secretaries’, (rest as (a)). Note: From Brydges’ ‘Account’, facing p.74.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834
Extent:
1 Item

18. WD4317, f.17f

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4317, f.17f
Title:
One of the Envoy’s Persian Messengers. From Brydges’ Account, facing p.57.. Artist(s): Picken, Andrew (1815-1845), after Sutherland, James (1784-1850)
Scope & Content:
‘One of the Envoy’s Persian Messengers’ (rest as (a)). Note: From Brydges’ ‘Account’, facing p.57.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834
Extent:
1 Item

19. WD4317, f.17g

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4317, f.17g
Title:
One of the Envoy’s Jelowdar or Persons who had care of a led Horse on the Road. From Brydges’ Account, facing p.49.. Artist(s): Picken, Andrew (1815-1845), after Sutherland, James (1784-1850)
Scope & Content:
‘One of the Envoy’s Jelowdar or Persons who had care of a led Horse on the Road’, (rest as (a)). Note: From Brydges’ ‘Account’, facing p.49.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834
Extent:
1 Item

20. WD4317, f.17h

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4317, f.17h
Title:
A Caleanjee, or Calean-Bearer. From Brydges’ Account, facing p.120.. Artist(s): Picken, Andrew (1815-1845), after Sutherland, James (1784-1850)
Scope & Content:
‘A Caleanjee, or Calean-Bearer’ (rest as (a)). Note: From Brydges’ ‘Account’, facing p.120.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834
Extent:
1 Item