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WD3677-4144

Record Id:

032-003280650

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003280650

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD3677-4144

Title:

BROWN, PERCY (1872-1955) Born Birmingham. Studied at local art school and Royal College of Art, ARCA 1898. Indian Education Service 1899-1927. Prin ...

Scope & Content:

BROWN, PERCY (1872-1955)

Born Birmingham. Studied at local art school and Royal College of Art, ARCA 1898. Indian Education Service 1899-1927. Principal of the Mayo School of Art and Curator of Lahore Museum 1899-1909; Principal of the Government School of Art, Calcutta 1909-27. Assistant Director, Art Exhibition, Delhi Durbar 1902-3; Officer in charge Art Section and Trustee, Indian Museum 1910; Secretary and Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta 1927-47; Secretary, India Committee, for the Royal Academy Exhibition ‘The Art of India and Pakistan’, 1947-48. Designed Indian coinage reverse, 1911; mural map decoration in the Council Room, Viceroy’s House, New Delhi, 1930. Author of ‘Picturesque Nepal’, London, 1912; ‘Indian Painting,’ Calcutta 1912; ‘Tours in Sikkim’, Calcutta, 1917; ‘Indian painting under the Mughals’, Oxford, 1924; ‘Indian architecture’, Bombay, 1942. MBE 1941.

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WD3677-3702

Drawings of views and figure studies made between 1909 and 1929.

Presented by Mme J.G. Thomas, step-daughter of Percy Brown’s second wife, 1977.

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WD3675-3676; WD4137-3144

Miscellaneous drawings, not of India, most of them signed. See also Mss Eur E354 for four small sketch-books, containing thumb-nail figure studies and views, mostly pencil.

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WD4140-4144

Summer landscapes in England, mostly signed; various sizes.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280668", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3684: 'A Khassi Dancer from the Khassia Hills, Assam'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280669", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3685: 'Doorway to Shrine of the Changu Narain Temple: View in Nepal'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280670", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3686: 'Tantric Temple. Pashpatti. Nepal'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280671", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3687: 'The sacred bathing ghat Pashpatti Nepal'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280672", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3688: A parasol shop, Nepal. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280673", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3689: 'A woman of Chumbi in the local costume'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280674", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3690: A Tibetan Trader. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280675", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3691: 'A lama turning a large prayer wheel, in a Tibetan monastery'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280676", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3692: 'A Tashilumpo (Shigatze) monk'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280677", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3693: 'Yellow Cap Lama'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280651", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3694: A woman spinning. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280652", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3695: Figure studies inscribed with colour notes and one figure inscribed: 'Sutch Nath Jogi, near Delhi'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280653", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3696: A man wrapped in a red blanket leaning on a staff. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280654", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3697: A seated man and an ascetic. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280655", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3698: Four hill bearers carrying a palanquin watched by a turbanned figure, possibly a policeman, Sikkim or Nepal. Artist(s): Brown, Percy…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280656", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3699: Religious procession, Sikkim or Nepal. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280657", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3700: A hill porter and shrine, Sikkim or Nepal. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280658", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3701: 'A Kashmiri Boat-woman'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280659", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD3702: Portrait of a child. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280679", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4137: Country church and churchyard. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280680", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4138: Portrait of a young woman wearing a white muslin dress. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280681", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4139: Portrait of a bearded man wearing a hat, possibly a self portrait. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280682", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4140: Summer landscape. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280683", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4141: Summer landscape. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280684", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4142: Summer landscape. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280685", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4143: Summer landscape. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003280686", "parent" : "032-003280650", "text" : "WD4144: Summer landscape. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Record Type (Level):

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Extent:

36 items

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Start Date:

1909

End Date:

1929

Date Range:

1909-1929

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Material Type:

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Names:

Brown, Percy, 1872-1955