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Reference (shelfmark):: WD3926
Title:: 'A Sketch of the Golden Pagoda Bassein by Sunset'. Artist(s): Loder, Edwin (1827-1885)
Scope & Content:: ‘A Sketch of the Golden Pagoda Bassein by Sunset’. 32.8 by 20.8 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1853
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3936
Title:: Town Hall, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Town Hall, Bombay. c.1825. Pen and ink with wash; 21.5 by 34.5 cm. Details of acquisition unrecorded. Note: Bombay Town Hall was designed by Thomas Cowper of the Bombay Engineers, and completed in 1833, with part of the cost being raised by lotteries. This may be one of the preparatory draw...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3951
Title:: The Fort at Amber, Rajasthan, showing part of the Raj Mahal from the opposite bank of the Maota Lake, and low arched buildings used as elephant stables at the water’s edge. Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:: The Fort at Amber, Rajasthan, showing part of the Raj Mahal from the opposite bank of the Maota Lake, and low arched buildings used as elephant stables at the water’s edge, c.1860. Water-colour; 47.2 by 48 cm. Purchased 1983. Note: The proportions of the building have been exaggerated, a mina...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1860
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3953
Title:: Ruined gateway in the Baisgazi wall with the remains of an hexagonal tower, Gaur. In the distance, outside the east wall is the Firoz Minar. Artist(s): Baillie, William (1752/3-1799)
Scope & Content:: Ruined gateway in the Baisgazi wall with the remains of an hexagonal tower. In the distance, outside the east wall is the Firoz Minar. Inscribed: ‘W.’ ‘Baillie delt 1784’. Ink and grey wash; 30 by 43cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1784
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3957
Title:: The Manasbal lake, Kashmir. Artist(s): Hardinge, Charles Stewart (1822-1894)
Scope & Content:: The Manasbal lake, Kashmir. Inscribed: ‘Manasa Bal. May/46. Cashmere. Hardinge,’ and on reverse: ‘Manasa Lake. The most beautiful lake in Cashmere’. Pencil and wash heightened with white; 19.5 by 25.3 cm. Purchased 1983.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1846
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3958
Title:: A cheetah chasing a deer with huntsmen on horseback and elephant in Barrackpore Park.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:: A cheetah chasing a deer with huntsmen on horseback and elephant. Inscribed on reverse: ‘A Cheeta Hunt in Lord Wellesley’s Park at Barrackpore’. With detailed description of the hunt. Water-colour; 19 by 23.5 cm. Purchased 1983. Note: Watermark 1802. Lord Wellesley was Governor-General 17...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1802
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4028
Title:: Village with a small tulsi altar and a watercarrier with his bullock. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:: Village with a small ‘tulsi’ altar and a watercarrier with his bullock. 25 by 35.5 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1830s-1840s
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4032
Title:: The Nizamat Kila or Palace of Murshidabad, seen from the opposite bank of the Bhagirathi river with the Nawab’s barge in the foreground. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:: The Nizamat Kila or Palace of Murshidabad, seen from the opposite bank of the Bhagirathi river with the Nawab’s barge in the foreground. 22.5 by 44 cm. Note: The palace, designed by General Duncan Macleod (1780-1856) Bengal Engineers, in the style of Government House, Calcutta, was completed i...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1830s-1840s
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4035
Title:: Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house in Calcutta during Durga puja. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:: Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house during Durga puja. 23 by 43.5 cm. Note: A study for this composition, clearly not by Prinsep, is at WD4495. The subject matter and treatment is rather unlike Prinsep’s normal style, and it is possible that this i...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1830s-1840s
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD4040
Title:: Government House, Calcutta, from Esplanade Row showing the S.E. gateway, the wings on either side of the main south front and spars of shipping on the Hooghly at Chandalpat ghat beyond. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:: Government House, Calcutta, from Esplanade Row showing the S.E. gateway, the wings on either side of the main south front and spars of shipping on the Hooghly at Chandalpat ghat beyond. A domed sentry box stands in the foreground on the Maidan side of the Course. 23 by 33 cm. Purchased. 1984.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830s
Extent:: 1 Item

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