Search

Subject mammals

1001. WD1816-1859

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1816-1859
Title:
44 drawings of animals: horses, camels, elephants, shawl-goats, bullocks, waterbuffaloes, two-headed calf, bears, monkeys, nilgai, sambar, pangolin and sea-spider, made in India or on voyages between 1785 and 1793. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840
Scope & Content:
44 drawings of animals: horses, camels, elephants, shawl-goats, bullocks, water-buffaloes, two-headed calf, bears, monkeys, nilgai, sambar, pangolin and sea-spider, made in India or on voyages between 1785 and 1793. Pencil, pen-and-ink, and wash; various sizes. Purchased 9 May 1962. Note: WD1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785-1793
Extent:
1 Item

1002. WD2058

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2058
Title:
Horse portrait; Beggar Girl, a black horse with a jockey in red and purple, beside a post. Owner, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Gilbert of the Ramgarh Battalion, Bihar. Artist(s): MacLeod, Alexander Francis Peter (1787-1829)
Scope & Content:
Horse portrait; ‘Beggar Girl’, a black horse with a jockey in red and purple, beside a post. Owner, Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert of the Ramgarh Battalion, Bihar. c.1825. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Beggar Girl. The property of Colonel W.R. Gilbert.’ ‘A.F.P. MaCleod Pinxit.’ Water-colour; 16...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

1003. WD2078

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2078
Title:
Embarking baggage camels on the Indus at the ferry opposite the camp at Hyderabad (Sind). December 1851. Artist(s): Ainslie, Henry Francis (c.1805-1879)
Scope & Content:
Embarking baggage camels on the Indus at the ferry opposite the camp at Hyderabad (Sind). December 1851. Inscribed on front of mount in red ink: ‘‘Sindh. Embarking baggage Camels, on the Indus, at the ferry opposite the entrenched camp Hyderabad. Decr. 1851. HFA.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 Item

1004. WD2086

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2086
Title:
Two camels with Sindhi riders; a European seated behind one of them. Artist(s): Ainslie, Henry Francis (c.1805-1879)
Scope & Content:
Two camels with Sindhi riders; a European seated behind one of them. 1852. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Camel travelling in Sindh 1852.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 Item

1005. WD2096

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2096
Title:
Capturing elephants in Ceylon. c.1825. Military officers supervising the rounding up of elephants
Scope & Content:
Capturing elephants in Ceylon. c.1825. Military officers supervising the rounding up of elephants. A group of officers are seated in a ‘machan’. Below stands a headman or local landlord with attendants carrying palm-leaf fans, the insignia of his status. Villagers and military officers s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

1006. WD2117

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2117
Title:
Taxila gate and city of Peshawar (N.W.F.P.); camels in foreground. 20 March 1879. Artist(s): Cramer-Roberts, Charles J. (1834-1895)
Scope & Content:
Taxila gate and city of Peshawar (N.W.F.P.); camels in foreground. 20 March 1879. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Taxila Gate. City of Peshawur from Fort-with commissariat camel sheds and pens. C.J.C.R. 20/3/79.’ Water-colour; 9 by 12 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 Item

1007. WD2345

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2345
Title:
Strachey and Winterbottom riding on yaks with members of their party; a tent in the background. Artist(s): Winterbottom, James Edward (1803-1854)
Scope & Content:
Strachey and Winterbottom riding on yaks with members of their party; a tent in the background. 1848. Inscribed on front in pencil:. ‘Without the Tent to come into the view of Manasarowar’; on back’:’ ‘Sketch by Winterbottom touring in Tibet, 1848’ Pencil; 9.25 by 18 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item

1008. WD2390

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2390
Title:
Bullock cart with driver in red turban and two women seated on the straw, one with baby
Scope & Content:
Bullock cart with driver in red turban and two women seated on the straw, one with baby. c.1890. Inscribed on front: ‘Indian Bullock Hackery. W.A.W.’ Water-colour; 16.5 by 23 ins. Presented by J.C. Lyell, October 1921. Note: ‘W.A.W.’ is probably William Allen Wickham (1857-1938). Foster C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 Item

1009. WD2392

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2392
Title:
Rohri and the island fortress of Bakhar (Sind). Tents on left near river, baggage camels, bullocks and goats in foreground. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Rohri and the island fortress of Bakhar (Sind). Tents on left near river, baggage camels, bullocks and goats in foreground. ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan,’ plate 2. Inscribed on mount: ‘The Town of Roree, and the Fortress of Bukker on the Indus.’ Foster Catalogue, no.159.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

1010. WD2422

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2422
Title:
The Nawab's Palace, Lucknow (U.P.). River scene with palace on further bank; elephant and group of figures on river bank in foreground. Artist(s): Longcroft, Thomas (c. 1760-1811)
Scope & Content:
The Nawab's Palace, Lucknow (U.P.). River scene with palace on further bank; elephant and group of figures on river bank in foreground. c.1798. Inscribed (probably by Miss Twining): ‘by Thomas Longcroft, about 1790.’ Wash; 11 by 24 ins. Foster Catalogue, no.341.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1798
Extent:
1 Item

Limit your search

more »

more »
more »
more »