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61. WD1021

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1021
Title:
Mr and Mrs Seton-Karr in the sitting-room of their bungalow in Calcutta (Bengal). Artist(s): Seton-Kerr, Eleanor Katherine (1823-1903)
Scope & Content:
Mr. and Mrs. Seton-Karr in the sitting-room of their bungalow in Calcutta (Bengal). c.1860. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Sketch of Mr and Mrs W.S. Seton-Karr (sketched by Mrs. W.S. Seton-Karr). Walter Scott Seton-Karr-(Puisne Judge of the High Court of Calcutta. Secretary to the Government ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

62. WD2432

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2432
Title:
Shola Trees in the Nilgiri Hills; a child riding with a syce in the foreground. Artist(s): Sankey, Sir Richard Hieram (1829-1908)
Scope & Content:
Shola Trees in the Nilgiri Hills; a child riding with a syce in the foreground. c.1850. Inscribed:’ R.H. Sankey. Sholah Trees.’ Water-colour; 10 by 13.5 ins. Foster Catalogue, no.171.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

63. WD2873

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2873
Title:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. c.1830. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘J. Prinsep’. Pen-and-ink; 8 by 9.75 ins. Purchased 20 February 1967.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

64. WD2904

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2904
Title:
Mrs Gladstone Lingham reading under a punkah in a comfortably furnished room at Berhampore.
Scope & Content:
A woman reading under a punkah in a comfortably furnished room. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Mrs Gladstone Lingham’s drawing room at her residence in Berhampore, 1863’. Water-colour; 20 by 31.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 Item

65. WD2905

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2905
Title:
Mr and Mrs Gladstone Lingham entertaining two army officers, with table servants in attendance
Scope & Content:
A civilian and his wife entertaining two army officers, with table servants in attendance. Inscribed an original label: ‘Mr and Mrs Gladstone Lingham at breakfast with their friends Colonel Austin Thompson and Captain Bailey, 1863’. Water-colour; 21 by 34 cm. Note: Edward Fraser Gladstone Lin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 Item

66. WD3202

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3202
Title:
A group of Javanese men and women. A man with a spear hands a seated woman a fruit watched by her child. Beyond a man smoking a long stemmed pipe talks to another and a women in a striped dress carries a small bunch of bananas. Artist(s): Dancx, Fran
Scope & Content:
A group of men and women. A man with a spear hands a seated woman a fruit watched by her child. Beyond a man smoking a long stemmed pipe talks to another and a women in a striped dress carries a small bunch of bananas. Pen and sepia ink and wash; 28.5 by 19.2 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

67. WD3386

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3386
Title:
Sketchbook containing 124 drawings, including figure, animal and plant studies, interiors, social life and views. Artist(s): Bourne, Lady Heather Frances (b. 1898)
Scope & Content:
Sketchbook (pp.1-124) 22.5 by 17.5 cm. Drawings made 1916-7. Figure, animal and plant studies, interiors, social life and views, including: p.21 ‘Plan of the Commandant’s House. Agra. January 1917’. p.69 ‘Eismakam monastery. June 13’. p.83 ‘Lidarwat. June 30th 1917’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 Item

68. WD3479

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3479
Title:
'Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the verandah of Haines’s bungalow at Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbūţ] looking towards Little Aden. Haines sits facing away from the viewer at right, apparently sketching. His wife and another woman stand at centre in profile, looking out to sea. Several chairs, benches and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 watercolour and pencil drawing on paper

69. WD3479

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3479
Title:
'Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the verandah of Haines’s bungalow at Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbūţ] looking towards Little Aden. Haines sits facing away from the viewer at right, apparently sketching. His wife and another woman stand at centre in profile, looking out to sea. Several chairs, benches and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 watercolour and pencil drawing on paper

70. WD3566

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3566
Title:
A group of officers returned from pigsticking, one having his boots removed by a servant, others chatting while servants pour glasses of beer. Artist(s): Maisey, Frederick Charles (1825-1892)
Scope & Content:
A group of officers returned from pigsticking, one having his boots removed by a servant, others chatting while servants pour glasses of beer. Pencil; 17.8 by 26 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1869
Extent:
1 Item