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1. WD2391-WD4296, F145, F165

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2391-WD4296, F145, F165
Title:
ATKINSON, JAMES (1780-1852) Atkinson entered the Bengal Medical Service in 1805 and was a Civil Surgeon until 1813. From 1813 to 1828 he was Assay Ma ...
Scope & Content:
ATKINSON, JAMES (1780-1852) Atkinson entered the Bengal Medical Service in 1805 and was a Civil Surgeon until 1813. From 1813 to 1828 he was Assay Master of the Mint and for a time was Officiating Deputy Professor of Persian at the Fort William College. In 1818 he became Superintendent of the G...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831-1841
Extent:
21 items

2. WD1347

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1347
Title:
Album of 17 drawings of views in Afghanistan from the Kyber Pass to Kabul. 1840. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
This is bound volume containting 17 watercolour illustrations. Folios 3-6 were blank. f.7’ The Mikras (Shears) or entrance into the Khyber Pass from the Peshawer hill.’ f.7v’ Jellalabad from the north near the Caubul River.’ f.8’ First Ascent of the Khyber Pass.’ f.9’ Khyber Pass. Ghurze (? ) Lal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 bound album

3. WD2400

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2400
Title:
Kandahar (Afghanistan); view taken from the camp of the 4th Brigade about one and a half miles south of Kandahar. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Kandahar (Afghanistan); view taken from the camp of the 4th Brigade about one and a half miles south of Kandahar. ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan’, plate 14. Inscribed on mount: ‘The City of Candahar.’ Foster Catalogue, no.157.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

4. Foster 145

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 145
Title:
Charakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival.. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Charakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival, 1831 In the centre stands a pole with two cross-pieces, from the extremities of which three devotees are suspended by ropes. A fourth stands in the foreground on the right with hooks fixed in his back ready to take his turn. The pole is surrounded by a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD2391

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2391
Title:
Amir Dost Muhammad Khan. Three-quarter length portrait. The Amir is looking half left, with hands clasped. He has a brown beard and wears a gold and crimson turban. 27 November 1840. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Amir Dost Muhammad Khan. Three-quarter length portrait. The Amir is looking half left, with hands clasped. He has a brown beard and wears a gold and crimson turban. 27 November 1840. Inscribed on mount: ‘Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan. Taken from life at Jellalabad. Novr 27th 1840 by James Atkins...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD4296

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4296
Title:
General Avitabile seated at a table reading, with a woman on his knee, possibly his favourite, Begum Peri. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
General Avitabile seated at a table reading, with a woman on his knee, possibly his favourite, Begum Peri. Inscribed: ‘Le Chevalier General Avitabile Peshawur reading dispatches from Lahore regarding the revolution. Jany. 20th 1841’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 13.2 by 13.5 cm. Purchased 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 Item

7. Foster 165

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 165
Title:
A Sati or Widow-burning. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background.. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
A Sati or Widow-burning, 1831 A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spectators, including a mounted figure, fill ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD1347(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1347(1)
Title:
[Titlepage].
Scope & Content:
This note, dated March 8th 1910 and written by the artist’s son, explains the provenance of an album of 17 drawings of views in Afghanistan from the Kyber Pass to Kabul by James Atkinson (1780-1852). During the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) Atkinson served as Superintending Surgeon to the Army...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 item