Photographic copy of a painting of the Right Revd. Reginald Heber (1783-1826), Bishop of Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Photographic copy of a half-length portrait. Print in poor condition: faded and dirty. Is this a copy of T. Phillips' painting of 1823?
General view of Girls' School, Surat, with pupils gathered in yard in front of building. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the upper storey of a neighbouring building looking down onto the schoolhouse. Print probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Mistri Moolchand, watchmaker and mechanic to the Maharaja of Benares, teaching his son in his own house, Varanasi (Benares). Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
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Genre: Portrait Photography Mistri Moolchand and his son seated at a low worktable in the foreground, with other craftsmen at work in the background. 'Taken by the photographer in the service of H. Highness the Maharaja of Benares. Private School of Art...After exhibition to be placed at the di...
Non-photographic: watercolour of a subadar of the 1st Battalion of the 21st Bengal Native Infantry, inscribed 'Command our lives thro' the medium of our affections. A Subadar, or native Commissioned Officer, B.N.I.'
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One of a series of four drawing of Indian soldiers, probably by a Calcutta artist, apparently the original drawings for J. Williams, 'An historical account of the rise and progress of the Bengal Native Infantry from its first formation in 1757 to 1796' (London, 1817). See Mildred Archer, 'Compan...
Non-photographic: watercolour of a havildar of the 1st Battalion of the 21st Bengal Native Infantry, inscribed 'Agra, A Hawuldar, of Bengal Native Infantry.'
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See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London), pp. 87-88, catalogue reference 53 (ii).
Non-photographic: watercolour of a grenadier sepoy of the 1st Battalion of the 21st Bengal Native Infantry, inscribed 'Forward. Bengal Grenadier, Sepoy.'
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See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London), pp. 87-88, catalogue reference 53 (iii).