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731. WD4148

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4148
Title:
Panorama of Calcutta from the Hoogley, covering the waterfront from Chitpore in the north to the new Fort William in the south. Artist(s): Polier, Antoine Louis Henri (1740/1-1795)
Scope & Content:
Panorama of Calcutta from the Hoogley, covering the waterfront from Chitpore in the north to the new Fort William in the south. Inscribed: ‘A view of Calcutta taken from the other side of the river in the year 1768’ and on reverse: ‘From Major Polier to Honble. Chas. Stuart, a panoramic view of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1768
Extent:
1 Item

732. WD4162

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4162
Title:
Arrival of Lord Canning at Lahore, February 1860, with the fort, Ranjit Singh’s memorial and the Badshahi mosque in the distance. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
Arrival of Lord Canning at Lahore, February 1860, with the fort, Ranjit Singh’s memorial and the Badshahi mosque in the distance, see ‘Autobiography’, pp.107-8. Water-colour heightened with white; 34.3 by 46 cm. Purchased 1987. Note: L.B. Bowring, Private Secretary to Lord Canning, describes ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 Item

733. WD4181

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4181
Title:
Inscribed on reverse: ' View from the Esplenade of Fort George Bombay towards Mazagon'. Artist(s): Miller, William (1795-1836)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on reverse: ‘View from the Esplenade of Fort George Bombay towards Mazagon’. Wash; 23 by 33 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

734. WD4182

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4182
Title:
Walls of Ahmednagar. Artist(s): Miller, William (1795-1836)
Scope & Content:
Walls of Ahmednagar. Inscribed: ‘Ahmadnuggur. Jany. 1831’. Pen and ink; 33 by 49.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 Item

735. WD4190

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4190
Title:
The new Mint on the Strand, Calcutta, from the south, with shipping beyond. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
Scope & Content:
The new Mint on the Strand, from the south, with shipping beyond, c.1829. Inscribed on album page: ‘Calcutta’ and’ New Mint Calcutta’. Water-colour; 18 by 25 cm. Note: The new Silver Mint, north of the present Howrah Bridge and designed by Major W.N. Forbes was formally opened in 1831. James...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1829
Extent:
1 Item

736. WD4191

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4191
Title:
Chitpore Road and ‘Black Pagoda’, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
Scope & Content:
Chitpore Road and ‘Black Pagoda’ c.1829. Inscribed on album page: ‘Calcutta, Noubruttun-Chitpoor Bazaar’. Water-colour; 18.5 by 21.8 cm. Note: The Black Pagoda, built in 1731 by Govindram Mitter, the ‘Black Zamindar’ (1720-56). In the view published by the Daniells, ‘Views of Calcutta’, 1786...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1829
Extent:
1 Item

737. WD4192

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4192
Title:
Circular Road, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
Scope & Content:
Circular Road, Calcutta, c.1827-8. Inscribed: ‘An unfinished sketch by Tom of the Circular Road; a mosque, a hakuree, a Kuranchee or hackney coach, a police tannah or station for chowkeydars’. Water-colour; 23 by 33 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1827-1828
Extent:
1 Item

738. WD4193

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4193
Title:
The Salt Water Lake, east of Calcutta, crowded with boats, with the city in the distance.. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
Scope & Content:
The Salt Water Lake, east of Calcutta, crowded with boats, c.1827-8. Inscribed on album page: ‘Salt Water Lake. Hollowed date trees as canoes, The Sunderbund wood boats, Calcutta in extreme distance’. Water-colour; 17.5 by 32.5 cm. Note: Prinsep published a ‘Survey of the Salt Lake or Marshe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1827-1828
Extent:
1 Item

739. WD4200

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4200
Title:
'Kurrachee Cantonment from the riding ground on the left of camp. 28th October 1840'. On reverse a military encampment. Artist(s): Studdert, Thomas (1812-1855)
Scope & Content:
'Kurrachee Cantonment from the riding ground on the left of camp. 28th October 1840'. On reverse a military encampment. Artist(s): Studdert, Thomas (1812-1855)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 Item

740. WD4201

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4201
Title:
'Kurrachee Cantonment continued'. A continuation of the previous drawing to the right. On reverse a watercolour of a seated Sindhi inscribed in Persian; 'Abdallah Khan'. Artist(s): Studdert, Thomas (1812-1855)
Scope & Content:
'Kurrachee Cantonment continued'. A continuation of the previous drawing to the right. On reverse a watercolour of a seated Sindhi inscribed in Persian; 'Abdallah Khan'. Artist(s): Studdert, Thomas (1812-1855)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

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