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WD3904, WD4129-4132

Record Id:
032-003280434
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003280434
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002a5d
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
WD3904, WD4129-4132
Title:

AMHERST, Lady SARAH ELIZABETH (1801-76) Daughter of William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Aracan, Governor-General of India, and his first wife Sarah, ...

Scope & Content:

AMHERST, Lady SARAH ELIZABETH (1801-76)

Daughter of William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Aracan, Governor-General of India, and his first wife Sarah, widow of the 5th Earl of Plymouth. Married Sir John Hay Williams, 1842. Lady Sarah Amherst accompanied her father, the 2nd Baron (later 1st Earl) Amherst, to India when he was Governor-General from 1823 to 1828.

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WD1339; WD1290

Two water-colours prepared from earlier sketches made in India, previously attributed to her mother Lady Sarah Amherst.

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WD3904, WD4129-4132

Views of Government House, Calcutta, 1824, together with manuscript notes on the drawings, originally numbered 1-6, which were made for her third and youngest brother, Frederick Campbell (1807-29). A map (No.1) originally accompanying the drawings is missing.

Pen and sepia ink.

Purchased 1982, 1986.

Paper cover of notes inscribed: ‘Drawings of Government House, Calcutta. Honble F.C. Amherst from’ [Sarah Elizabeth Amherst, in Persian script].

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003280434
Is part of:
not applicable
Contains:
WD1339 : Women drawing water from a tank at Titaghar, near Barrackpore (Bengal). 1829, from a sketch made in 1824. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady…
WD1290 : The Buland Darwaza of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra (U.P.). 1829, from a sketch made in 1827. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady…
WD3904 : Part of garden front of Government House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)
WD4129 : South-west side of Government House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)
WD4130 : Front or North-east view of Government House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)
WD4131 : South-west gateway of Government House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)
WD4132 : East wing of Government House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)

 

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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
7 items
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Start Date:
1824
End Date:
1829
Date Range:
1824-1829
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Prints, Drawings and Paintings
Legal Status:
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Names:
Amherst, Sarah Elizabeth, 1801-1876