The emperor Humayan (1530-40, 1555-56). Inscribed above in Hindi: ‘Humayan Padshah.’ Humayan stands in a field with a hawk perched on his wrist, dressed in orange and gold.
A Muslim saint. Hyderabad, c.1820. Bellasis Album; deposited on permanent loan by Capt. K. Oliver-Bellasis, R.N., 10 September 1960. Gouache; red border almost entirely trimmed away. 237 by 130 mm. A Muslim saint with full white beard and green costume sits on a patterned terrace holding a ...
A lady on a terrace. Jaipur, c.1810. Bellasis Album; deposited on permanent loan by Capt. K. Oliver-Bellasis, R.N., 10 September 1960. Gouache; blue and pink borders. 180 by 130 mm; page 213 by 161 mm. A lady sits on a terrace listening to three girls playing drums and a ‘tambur.’ An attend...
The emperor Shah Jahan (1628-58). Inscribed above in Hindi: ‘Shah Jahan Padshah.’ Shah Jahan stands in a field holding a yellow flower, dressed in an orange jama.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a girl. Deccan, c.1730-50. Bellasis Album; deposited on permanent loan by Capt. K.Oliver-Bellasis, R.N., 10 September 1960. Gouache with gold; narrow gold and pink borders. 193 by 142 mm; page 210 by 160 mm. A girl, facing half left, holds a rose with a purple...
Genre/Subject Matter Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows a maritime/topographical view of a coastal region near or at the British Settlement at Aden in present-day Yemen. The view was sketched from on board ship and shows one dhow and seven other craft; one of the vessels in the foregro...
Genre/Subject Matter Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows a maritime / topographical view of Jibel Jan, which is likely to refer to Djebel Jan on the coast of latter-day Djibouti. The view was sketched from on board ship and shows a series of flat-topped islands leading away from the coa...
Genre/Subject Matter Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows three, presumably sequential, topographical views of the coastal region at the Bab el-Mandeb strait (12° 34' 34” North, 43° 21' 11” East) between Arabia (Yemen) and Africa (Djibouti and Eritrea). This strait, consisting of a two-mil...
Genre/Subject Matter Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows a maritime / topographical view of a coastal region, presumably along the Red Sea or Arabian coastline. The view was sketched from on board ship and shows two dhows and one smaller craft sailing from right to left across the scene...