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WD4321
- Record Id:
- 032-003268318
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268318
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00129f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4321
- Title:
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Album with laid down drawings, some loose, a few by other hands, mostly of western India. Artist(s): Ray, Gordon Meredith (1912-1993)
- Scope & Content:
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Album (ff.1-15) with laid down drawings, some loose, a few by other hands.
Drawings various sizes, album 34.5 by 44 cm.
Bequeathed by the artist, 1993, as part of Mss Eur F256/1-26. The album was formerly item 24 and was transferred to Prints and Drawings in July 1993. Mss Eur F256 includes further drawings, described in the handlist to the collection.
f.1 ‘Landsdowne Bridge over the Indus River at Sukkur, Pakistan. Evening view GMR 1949’.
Water-colour; 19.8 by 35 cm.
f.1v ‘District Magistrate’s House. Sukkur, Sind, Pakistan. Gordon Ray 1948’.
Water-colour over pencil; 28.5 by 25 cm.
f.2 ‘District Magistrate’s House, Sukkur, Sind, Pakistan. Gordon Ray 1948’.
Water-colour over pencil; 28 by 19 cm.
f.2v ‘Collector’s bungalow, Sukkur. C.M. Ray ‘48’.
Water-colour over pencil; 25.2 by 36 cm.
f.3a ‘Collector’s House, Sukkur, Sind, Pakistan. (Side View) Gordon Ray 1948’.
Water-colour over pencil; 18.4 by 28.5 cm.
f.3b ‘Hindu Temple of Sadbela, Sukkur, on an island in middle of Indus River. Shows Raj Ghat entrance with steps to north-west. G.M.R. 1949’.
Water-colour over pencil; 13 by 19.4 cm.
f.3v ‘Collector’s Bungalow, Sukkur, Sind (shows verandah). G.M.R. ‘49’.
Water-colour over pencil; 18 by 25.3 cm.
f.4 ‘Mosque at Sukkur, Sind. G.M.R. 1949’.
Water-colour over pencil; 25.4 by 17.6 cm.
f.4v ‘Quetta. Memorial to the Earthquake victims. G.M.R. 1949’.
Water-colour; 16 by 24 cm.
f.5 ‘Quetta. West Pakistan. Memorial to Earthquake victims. G.M.R. 1949’.
Water-colour; 17.7 by 25 cm.
f.5v ‘Audience Throne within the Palace of the Pir Pagaro. Sukkur, Sind. C.M. Ray 1949’.
Water-colour over pencil; 17.8 by 25 3 cm.
f.6a ‘Mosque & Mausoleum at Sukkur, Sind, Pakistan. G.M.R. 1949’.
Water-colour over pencil; 25.3 by 17.7 cm.
f.6b ‘Same View of Mosque. Sukkur, Sind. G.M.R. 1949’.
Water-colour over pencil; 25.2 by 17.8 cm.
f.6v ‘Part of Old Sukkur. Evening sketch’.
Water-colour; 26.5 by 36.5 cm.
f.7 Courtyard, possibly not India.
Inscribed: ‘De Sautez’.
Water-colour; 32.8 by 23.5 cm.
f.8 Church, possibly Goa.
Water-colour over pencil; 26.2 by 20 cm.
f.9 Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Strand Docks, Hooghly River, Calcutta. Beginning of the Monsoon. June 1953’.
Water-colour; 22.8 by 29 cm.
f.10 Inscribed on reverse: ‘A Bathing Ghat on the Hooghly River downstream from Calcutta June 1952. G.M.R.’
Pencil; 17.5 by 25 cm.
f.11 Bullock cart on a woodland path.
Inscribed: ‘Rani. 11.10.49’.
Water-colour; 33.8 by 22.6 cm
f.12 Corner of a garden at the foot of a mountain.
Inscribed: ‘M. Hassani 1947’.
Water-colour; 25.2 by 36.5 cm.
f.13 ‘Fort Jesus. Mombasa. G.M.R. 1937’.
Water-colour; 17.7 by 25.3 cm.
f.14 Grave of Cecil Rhodes.
Inscribed: ‘Laurie Cribb’.
Water-colour; 20.6 by 27.4 cm.
f.15 Mountain landscape. ‘Laurie Cribb’.
Water-colour; 14 by 25.5 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268318
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268318
- 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:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1937-1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 272-274
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ray, Gordon Meredith, 1912-1993
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Bridges
Churches
Forts
Ghats
Graves
Hindu Temples
Houses
Mosques
Temples