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WD314
- Record Id:
- 032-003267959
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003267959
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x001138
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD314
- Title:
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Album of 31 drawings, 10 of which were made during a visit to Ceylon and India, 1858. Animal subjects, landscapes and seascapes. Artist(s): Jesse, George Richard (fl. 1858-1874)
- Scope & Content:
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31 drawings (33 folios), 10 of which (listed below) were made during a visit to Ceylon and India, 1858. Animal subjects, landscapes and seascapes.
Some drawings signed and inscribed with titles in ink and pencil.
Pencil, pen-and-ink, and wash; size of volume, 10 by 14 ins; drawings approximately 3.74 by 7 ins.
Purchased 26 March 1920.
f.8 Landscape of seashore fringed with palm trees. ‘Ceylon 1858.’
f.16 Syce feeding horse.
f.18 Cyclone at Madras; wrecks and crowds on seashore. ‘Cyclone. May 5 1858.’
f.19 The beach at Madras after the cyclone. ‘C.R.J.’
f.20 The beach at Madras after the cyclone. ‘Madras. 7 May 1850.’
f.21 A wreck after the cyclone at Madras.
f.22 Landscape with palm trees, probably in S. India. ‘1858.’
f.23 Landscape with palm trees, probably in S. India.
f.26 Indian cattle. ‘India May 1858.’
f.27 A kite on a branch.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003267959
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003267959
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; pen-and-ink; wash
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 616-617
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Jesse, George Richard, fl 1858-1874
- Subjects:
- Animals
Disasters
Events
mammals
topographical views - Places:
- Sri Lanka, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India