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1. WD2969-3006

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2969-3006
Title:
RAFFLES FAMILY COLLECTION. WD2969-3006 Thirty-eight drawings by both European and Asian artists from the collection of Sir Thoma ...
Scope & Content:
RAFFLES FAMILY COLLECTION --------------------- WD2969-3006 Thirty-eight drawings by both European and Asian artists from the collection of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), Deposited on permanent loan along with NHD 47-49 by Mrs. M.R. Drake and her son Mr. J.R.F. Drake, descendants ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1842
Extent:
38 items

2. WD2996

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2996
Title:
Government House, Buitenzorg, Java
Scope & Content:
Government House, Buitenzorg, Java, c.1812. Probably by a Dutch artist. Water-colour; 40.6 by 59.3 cm. Note: This is perhaps the most historically important of the Java drawings in the collection since it depicts the front of Government House at Buitenzorg (Bogor) much as it was at the time o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1812
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD3005

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3005
Title:
Papuan
Scope & Content:
A Papuan. c.1815. Water-colour; 29.5 by 22.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD3006

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3006
Title:
Papuan
Scope & Content:
A Papuan. c.1815. Water-colour; 29.8 by 21.8 cm. Inscribed in ink on printed wrapper enclosing both drawings: ‘Portraits & Costumes - Java - not published.’ Note: The printed paper wrapper is from Richard Ayton and William Daniell's ‘A Voyage Round Great Britain’ (London, 1814-25), on wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD2994

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2994
Title:
An active volcano
Scope & Content:
An active volcano, Java. c.1814-15. Probably by a Dutch artist. Wash; 34.2 by 48.5 cm. Watermark: Crowned lion rampant with sword ‘J.H. & Z.’ Note: On first impression this drawing seems to depict a volcanic island, not unlike Sangeang Api, near Flores, in eastern Indonesia. But in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD2995

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2995
Title:
Cross section of an active volcano
Scope & Content:
Cross section of an active volcano. c.1814-15. Probably by a,Dutch artist Water-colour; 23.2 by 31.5 cm. Watermark:’ Fleur-de-lis’ and crown. Note: A water-colour drawing of what is possibly Gunung Merapi in central Java.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD2998

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2998
Title:
East wing of Government House. Buitenzorg
Scope & Content:
East wing of Government House, Buitenzorg, Java. c.1816. Probably by a Dutch artist. Pencil and water-colour; 32 by 38 cm. Watermark: ‘Fleur-de-lis’ and crown. Note: This unfinished pencil and water-colour drawing depicts the east wing of Government House as seen from the carriage-way in fr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1816
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD2978

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2978
Title:
Fortified stockade in Java, or possibly in Ceylon.
Scope & Content:
Fortified stockade. Java(?), c.1800. By a Dutch artist Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘Vertooningh van twee Bergen Geleegen op Kaddoewille, met de twee Batterijen die de Singaleesen daar op gemaakt hebben en de door haar toegemaakte weg of ingang tusschen deselve’. Water-colour; 37 by 52...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD2976

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2976
Title:
Rear view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra
Scope & Content:
Rear view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra, c.1823. Probably by a Chinese or Javanese artist Water-colour and gouache; 45 by 56.5 cm. Note: The following description of Pematang Balam ('Dove's Rise' or 'Dove's Ridge') is given by Lady Raffles in her ‘Memoir:’ 'Sir Stamford's ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1823
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD2999

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2999
Title:
'The Government House Buitenzorg'. Artist(s): Fendall, Mary (1794-1886)
Scope & Content:
The Government House, Buitenzorg. 1816. By Mary Fendall (1794-1886). Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘The Government House Buitenzorg.’ Pencil; 30 by 40.2 cm. Note: This, and the four following drawings are by Mary Fendall (17941886), eldest daughter of John Fendall (1761-1818), who succeeded ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
1 Item