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71. WD3771

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3771
Title:
Unpublished drawing by D’Oyly for his humorous poem 'Tom Raw the Griffin'. Tom Raw draws a blank ticket at the lottery and rushes away distraught. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:
Tom Raw draws a blank ticket at the lottery and rushes away distraught. Water-colour; 17.2 by 23.5 cm. Note: Illustration to Canto 5, lines 2729-2737.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

72. WD3871

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3871
Title:
Album with sixty-seven humorous drawings of domestic and social life, mainly in Western India, made soon after the Hancocks’ arrival. Artist(s): Hancock, Madeline (fl. 1865-66)
Scope & Content:
Album with sixty-seven humorous drawings of domestic and social life, mainly in Western India, made soon after the Hancocks’ arrival. Drawings in pen and ink on oiled silk, various sizes laid down on album pages with captions below. Inscribed on inside cover: ‘With Madeline’s best love. M Ha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
1 Item

73. WD3905

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3905
Title:
'A Burmah Tatooing, a sketch in Barracks'. Artist(s): Loder, Edwin (1827-1885)
Scope & Content:
‘A Burmah Tatooing, a sketch in Barracks’. 26.2 by 19.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 Item

74. WD4041

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4041
Title:
Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid, inscribed Benares.. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid. Inscribed: ‘Benares 1820. JP’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 12.5 by 20 cm Purchased 1982.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

75. WD4095

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4095
Title:
Sketchbook of 74 drawings begun on arrival in Madras. The drawings cover first impressions, a trip to the Shevaroy Hills with friends Captain and Mrs J.S.H. Algar, also of the 60th Foot, Pallaveram, Poonamallee and a march to Bellary with the regiment. Artist(s): Carlisle, Marian (fl. 1866-68)
Scope & Content:
Sketchbook (ff.1-74) inscribed on pasted label: ‘Madras & places near it - Shevaroy Hills, and March to Bellary’, and on flyleaf: ‘M. Carlisle. Madras Decr. 1866’. Mrs. Carlisle began the sketchbook on arrival in Madras and the drawings cover first impressions, a trip to the Shevaroy Hills...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1868
Extent:
1 Item

76. WD4220

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4220
Title:
Scrapbook of 52 drawings depicting the daily life of the Clarence family c.1873-90, along with photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. Almost all are by Clarence, a few by his first wife Blanche. Artist(s): Clarence, Lovell Burchett (1838-1917)
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook (ff.1-52) of drawings in pencil, pen and ink or water-colour depicting the daily life of the Clarence family c.1873-90, along with photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. Almost all are by Clarence, a few by his first wife Blanche, and the album was compiled largely from drawings...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873-1890
Extent:
1 Item

77. WD4243

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4243
Title:
A busy animated scene in front of an official’s bungalow in Upper India. Beggars and petitioners confront three officials on the steps while the foreground is filled with figures talking, working and going about their business. Artist(s): MacLeod, George Edmonstone (1850-1910)
Scope & Content:
A busy animated scene in front of an official’s bungalow in Upper India. Beggars and petitioners confront three officials on the steps while the foreground is filled with figures talking, working and going about their business, including a group of strolling players with performing monkeys and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 Item

78. WD4283

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4283
Title:
Busy riverside scene, Calcutta, with a new civil servant being carried ashore. His boxes are being piled up on the bank and a palanquin awaits him. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:
Busy riverside scene with a civil servant being carried ashore. His boxes are being piled up on the bank and a palanquin awaits him. Inscribed: ‘The landing of a griffen at Calcutta. WP. Sep. 1822’. Pen and ink with water-colour; 16.5 by 24.3 cm Purchased 1992.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 Item

79. WD4312

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4312
Title:
The Triumph of the Name of Hastings. A study for a large transparency decorating the Calcutta Town Hall for a ball, in December 1822, in honour of the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings. Artist(s): Chinnery, George (1774-1852)
Scope & Content:
‘The Triumph of the Name of Hastings.’ A study for a large transparency decorating the Calcutta Town Hall for a ball, in December 1822, in honour of the Governor-General, the Marquess of Hastings: Peace and Prosperity hold up the wreath encircled name of HASTINGS, while loyal Indians pay homage...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 Item

80. WD4328

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4328
Title:
Humorous drawing. '12 Hours during the Hot Season in the life of an Anglo-Indian Lady'
Scope & Content:
‘12 Hours during the Hot Season in the life of an Anglo-Indian Lady.’ On reverse part of a letter.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 Item