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721. WD3893

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3893
Title:
Panoramic aerial view of Calcutta from the opposite bank of the River Hooghly. The principal buildings and sites are numbered
Scope & Content:
Panoramic aerial view of Calcutta from the opposite bank of the River Hooghly. c.1850. The principal buildings and sites are numbered, and include: 4. Fort William; 6. The Water Gate; 7. Eden Gardens; 8. Old Course; 9. Chowringhee; 11. St. Paul’s Cathedral; 12. Bishop’s Palace; 14. Ochterlony ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

722. WD3937

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3937
Title:
View of Trincomalee Harbour from the south looking across to Dutch Point, with the official quarters of the Assistant Government Agent in the middle distance and the fortified headland of Fort Frederick beyond. Artist(s): Stockley, George Watts (1837-1
Scope & Content:
View of Trincomalee Harbour from the south looking across to Dutch Point, with the official quarters of the Assistant Government Agent in the middle distance and the fortified headland of Fort Frederick beyond. Inscribed: ‘G.W.S. Trinco. 2.83’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1882-1885
Extent:
1 Item

723. WD3938

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3938
Title:
Kandy from the road skirting Wace Park with the prison below and the peak of Hantanne beyond. Artist(s): Stockley, George Watts (1837-1916)
Scope & Content:
Kandy from the road skirting Wace Park with the prison below and the peak of Hantanne beyond. Inscribed: ‘G.W.S. Kandy 15.4.’84’. Note: The prison was built in 1882.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1884
Extent:
1 Item

724. WD3956

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3956
Title:
Landscape with elephants, camels and horsemen on the banks of the Mutha river. Artist(s): Mabon, Robert (fl. 1791-1798)
Scope & Content:
Landscape with elephants, camels and horsemen on the banks of the Mutha river. Inscribed: ‘View near the Assungum with the Ford over the Moola Moota, the figures drawn by R. Mabon’ and on reverse: ‘A view of the English Residence at the Sungum or Conflux of the Rivers Moota & Moola near Poo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793
Extent:
1 Item

725. WD3959

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3959
Title:
South west view of the Rock of Trichinopoly looking across a corner of the Teppakulam tank, with figures including an army officer and a sepoy in the foreground. Artist(s): Wright, F. (fl. 1815)
Scope & Content:
South west view of the Rock of Trichinopoly looking across a corner of the Teppakulam tank, with figures including an army officer and a sepoy in the foreground. Inscribed: ‘F. Wright. 10 Febr. 1815’ Water-colour; 39.6 by 61.4 cm. Purchased 1983. Note: It has not been possible to trace the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

726. WD3960

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3960
Title:
Sketch book with 17 drawings made in Western India and in Europe, including Norfolk, Essex, Devon, Scotland and Switzerland. Phillipps was granted two years furlough to Europe in 1872. Artist(s): Phillipps, Henry (1833-1912)
Scope & Content:
Sketch book (ff.l-38) with drawings made in Western India and in Europe, laid down on tinted paper. Album 35.5 by 28 cm, drawings various sizes. European views include Norfolk, Essex, Devon, Scotland and Switzerland. Phillipps was granted two years furlough to Europe in 1872. Presented by Mr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1876
Extent:
1 Item

727. WD4100

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4100
Title:
View of Chittagong c.1825, showing the Washing Green. From an album compiled with his brother William. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
Scope & Content:
View of Chittagong c.1825, showing the Washing Green. From an album compiled with his brother William. Inscribed in original sketch book: ‘Chittagong looking inland’. Water-colour; 13.5 by 21 cm. Purchased 1985.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

728. WD4102

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4102
Title:
'View of the modern (European-built) city of Lucknow taken from the Park of the Vizier’s new Palace of Castle Cool'. Artist(s): Barton, Ezekiel (1781-1855)
Scope & Content:
‘View of the modern (European-built) city of Lucknow taken from the Park of the Vizier’s new Palace of Castle Cool. By Lt. Barton’. Water-colour; 35.5 by 45.5 cm. Purchased 1985. Note: The palace is that of Sa‘adat ‘Ali Khan, ruled 1798-1814, who assimilated many European tastes and ideas af...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item

729. WD4104

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4104
Title:
View of Madura from the east with the Minakshi temple and palace. Artist(s): Waight, George (b. 1753)
Scope & Content:
View of Madura from the east with the Minakshi temple and palace. Inscribed: ‘A view of Madura, from ye Garden House at Tipocolum. Trees too conspicuous’. Pen and ink and wash; 25 by 47.5cm. Presented by Mr. N. Hobhouse, 1986. Note: The drawing was probably made after the taking of Madura b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 Item

730. WD4127

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4127
Title:
View of Bombay from Cumballa Hills with Mahalakshmi temple and mill chimneys beyond. Artist(s): Scott, Gertrude Gwendoline (1878-1961)
Scope & Content:
View of Bombay from Cumballa Hills with Mahalakshmi temple and mill chimneys beyond. Inscribed: ‘G.G. Scott. Bombay 1917’. Water-colour; 24 by 34 cm. Purchased 1986.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 Item

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