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1. WD318-332

Reference (shelfmark):
WD318-332
Title:
FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM (1763-1839) Francklin joined the E. I. Company’s Bengal Native Infantry in 1783. He was invalided out of the service in 1815 and r ...
Scope & Content:
FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM (1763-1839) Francklin joined the E. I. Company’s Bengal Native Infantry in 1783. He was invalided out of the service in 1815 and retired in India in 1825. He became a Major in 1810. He was a keen amateur archaeologist and a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. He made a n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810-1819
Extent:
16 items

2. WD1695

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1695
Title:
A sheet of miscellaneous drawings depicting Muslim tombs (?), elevation of a Hindu temple and details of sculpture showing Vishnu attended by figures of Krishna. Probably in Bengal
Scope & Content:
A sheet of miscellaneous drawings depicting Muslim tombs (?), elevation of a Hindu temple and details of sculpture showing Visnu attended by figures of Krishna. Probably in Bengal. c.1818. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Presented by Lt. Col. Wm Francklin. Novr 4. 1826.’ 1816 watermark. Pen-an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1818
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD321

Reference (shelfmark):
WD321
Title:
'Funeral urn' in the Adina Mosque, Pandua (Bengal) [in fact, the lamp carved in the principal frame of the Mihrab arch].. Artist(s): Francklin, William (1763-1839)
Scope & Content:
Funeral urn in the Adina Mosque, Pandua (Bengal). 1810. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘2nd Funeral Urn at the Adeena Mosque at Purooah - drawn on the spot. A.D. 1810. W.F. This mosque was erected by Sooltaun Secunder Shah in the year of the Hijerat 707. W.F. 7’. Indian ink; 12.75 by 16 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 Item