WD2887

Ninety-eight drawings of views and figures, made between 1862 when Beames was Assistant Magistrate at Arrah, and 1879 when he was on leave at Mussoorie.

Inscribed in most cases with titles and dates.

Water-colour; varying sizes, laid down in album, ornamented with a brass monogram, 36.3 by 46cm.

f.1a ‘On the sea shore Chandipur. Orissa’.

f.1b Head study. ‘A Mugh’.

f.1c ‘Byrea. Purneah’.

f.1d Head study. ‘A Mugh’.

f.1e ‘Port of Chittagong’.

f.2 ‘Entrance to the town - Purniah’.

f.3a ‘Porch of Zemindar’s house. Raneegunj. Purneah. 15.3.65’.

f.3b ‘House belonging to some Fakirs near Arrah’.

f.4 ‘Fort. Mongyr. June 1862’.

f.5 ‘Boodhist Monastery. Darjeeling. July 1865’, see ‘Memoirs’ p.166.

f.6 ‘Lepcha Minstrel. Darjeeling. July 1865’.

f.7a ‘On the road to Ging - Darjeeling. 10.8.65’.

f.7b ‘A corner of my compound. Arrah. May 1862’, see ‘Memoirs’ p.131.

f.8 ‘Porch of the Monastery. Pemyongchi. Sikkim. Himalayas. 25.8.65’.

f.9 ‘The Abbot or Chief Lama of the Buddhist Monastery at Pemyongchi. Sikhim. Himalayas. 25.8.65’, see ‘Memoirs’ p.166.

f.10 ‘Ruined Palace of the Raja. Rebdinchi. Sikkim. 25.8.65’.

f.11a,b ‘Bootea women. Sikkim. Himalayas. 25.8.65’.

f.12 ‘Lepcha House. Indursing Rhi Sikkim. 26.8.65’.

f.13 ‘The Teesta River, between Sikkim and Bhootan. 2.8.65’.

f.14 ‘Cane Bridge over the Rungeet River - Darjeeling. 10.8.65. Unfinished’.

f.15 ‘Chaitun or Boodhist Monument, at Libong. Darjeeling. 15.8.65’.

f.16 ‘Mendong, or Boodhist prayer-wall, at Gyazhing, Sikkim. This wall is 650 paces long and is covered on both sides with carved marble slabs inscribed with prayers in Tibetan. 25.8.65’, see ‘Memoirs’, p.166.

f.17 ‘Bamboo bridge over the Rutto, a hill torrent. Sikkim. Himalayas. 23.8.65’.

f.18 ‘Birch Hill. Darjeeling. 10.9.65’.

f.19a ‘Camel and rider. Motihary. 24.5.67’.

f.19b ‘Veranda of our house. Motihary. 1867’, see ‘Memoirs’, p.170.

f.20a ‘On the lake. Motihary. 3.6.66’.

f.20b Verandah of bungalow. ‘At Manihari. Purneah. 10.1.66’.

f.20c ‘Well. Rajhokur. Purneah. 20.12.65’.

f.21 Landscape with ayah and Beames’s sons, David and Frederick, in foreground. ‘Hindu Temple. Syfjunj. Purneah. Jany. 1866’. In later hand: ‘Uncles David and Fred’.

f.22a Men planting rice. ‘Not grasshoppers - only men transplanting paddy’.

f.22b ‘View from our Verandah. Motihary. 3.6.66’.

f.22c ‘Wreck of the ‘Ocean Belle’. Chittagong river. 1878’, see ‘Memoirs’, pp.290-2.

f.23 ‘Kesurea. Chumparun. 20.8.66’.

f.24 ‘Tribenee Ghaut. Chumparun. 4.2.67’.

f.25a Figure in blue and red costume.

f.25b ‘Sitapahar. Chittagong’.

f.25c ‘Bawun Gurhee. Chumparun. 1.2.67’.

f.25d ‘A Chittagong Musulman. ‘78’.

f.26 ‘Burrumchowr Rocks. Tribenee Ghat. Chumparun. 4.2.67’.

f.27 ‘View on the lake - cloudy day. Motihary. 16.4.67’.

f.28 ‘Wedding procession - halting. Motihari. 2.5.67’.

f.29 ‘Soroh. Balasore. 1869’.

f.30 European bungalow. ‘Mangala Bagh House. Cuttack. 1877’.

f.31 ‘Moiskhal channel. Chittagong coast. 1878’.

f.32 ‘War-dance of Paiks. Dompara; Cuttack. 1877’.

f.33 ‘Fairy Hill - in a mist. Chittagong. 1878’.

f.34 ‘Pomra, on the Karnaphuli River. Chittagong. 1879’.

f.35 ‘Athgarh Hills and Katjori. R. from the Lal Bagh. Cuttack. Oct. 1873’.

f.36a Caricature. ‘Bose C.S. trampling on the rampant Anglo-Saxon’.

f.36b Indian peasant ploughing. ‘Bose’s papa’.

f.37 ‘Naraj and the Mahanadi River from Bhagipur in Dampara. Cuttack. 6.12.73’.

f.38 ‘Mahanadi River near Patpur in Dampara. Cuttack. 8.12.73’.

f.39 Commissioner’s bungalow. ‘The Lal Bagh House. Cuttack. 1873’, see ‘Memoirs’, pp.222-3.

f.40 ‘Baranath Temple. Jajpur. Cuttack. 1873’.

f.41 ‘Temple of Basuli Devi. Naltigiri Hills. Orissa. 9.1.75’.

f.42 ‘Bungalow at Bairi. Orissa. 1875’.

f.43 ‘Raja’s Palace. Dhenkanal. Orissa. 1874’.

f.44 ‘Dhenkanal Hills from Bhanja on the Brahmini River. Orissa. 21.1.75’.

f.45 ‘Tin Pahar near Janapur. Cuttack. 1875’.

f.46 ‘View from Janapur. Orissa. 1874’.

f.47 ‘Gateway of the Fort. Cuttack. 6.6.75’.

f.48 ‘Hookeytollah. False Point. Orissa. 1876’, see ‘Memoirs’, pp.249-50.

f.49 ‘Temple of Jagannath at Puri. Orissa. April 1877’.

f.50 ‘Grove of Palms. Sonepore. Cuttack. 1875’.

f.51 ‘Dudipal Hill from Dhurmsala. Orissa. 8.1.74’.

f.52 ‘Naraj. Orissa’.

f.53 European bungalow, Mrs. Beames with her daughters Edith and Angela on the verandah. ‘Our House. Chauliagunj. Cuttack’. In later hand: ‘Mother and Aunt Edith. Granny’.

f.54 ‘Temple of Utareswar-Mahadeb. Agrahat in Daljora. Cuttack. 13.12.75’.

f.55 ‘Looking up the Mahanadi from Naraj. Cuttack. 5.8.75’.

f.56 ‘Sonachutta, one of the Nilghiri Hills. Balasore. 1870’.

f.57 ‘Swarga Dwar, or Gate of Heaven. Puri. Orissa. 1877’.

f.58 ‘Maha Parbat Hill. Banki. Orissa. 1877’.

f.59 ‘One of the caves at Khandagiri. Orissa. 1877’, see ‘Memoirs’, p.273.

f.60 ‘Boat builders. Jobra - Cuttack. 10.1.78’.

f.61 ‘Dhenkanal Hills and Mahanadi river, from Cuttack. 15.1.78’.

f.62 ‘View from Mr Walker’s garden. Cuttack. 12.2.78’.

f.63 ‘Karnaphuli River at Rangamatti. Chittagong Hills. 23.3.78’.

f.64 ‘Rangamatti. 24.3.78’.

f.65 ‘View from our house looking North. Chittagong. April 78’.

f.66a ‘A lane in Chittagong. 1878’.

f.66b ‘Our house at Chittagong. 1878’.

f.67 ‘On the Hilltops. Chittagong’.

f.68a ‘House at Rangamatti. 20.9.78’.

f.68b ‘Port of Chittagong. 1.10.78’.

f.69 ‘Ruins of Catholic chapel. Chittagong. Fernandez. 1878’.

f.70 Garden with two Indian born Portuguese men lounging and a woman strolling with a sunshade, ‘Feringis at work. Chittagong. 78’, see ‘Memoirs’, p.287.

f.71a ‘Sunrise. Chittagong river. 1878’.

f.71b ‘Sunset. Chittagong’.

f.72a ‘Chittagong from the river’.

f.72b ‘View in Chittagong. 1878’.

f.73 ‘Sands. Cox’s bazar. Chittagong’.

f.74a ‘Chittagong Church’.

f.74b ‘Mugh Khyang (temple) Cox’s Bazar. 1878’.

f.74c ‘Madrasa School. Chittagong’.

f.75 Villagers returning from market. ‘Chittagong peasants. 1879’.

f.76 ‘Snowy Range from Mussoorie Himalayas. 1879’.

f.77 ‘Benog Mountain. Mussoorie. 1879’.