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WD303
- Record Id:
- 040-003287799
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287798
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x00001c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD303
- Title:
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Album of 78 drawings and 2 lithographs of miscellaneous subjects drawn in India and Europe. c.1819-30. Includes drawings by Arthur William Devis and George Chinnery. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874), and others
- Scope & Content:
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f.1 A fancy-dress party probably in Calcutta.
f.2 A garden party, probably in Calcutta, 1824.
f.3 A lance bearer.
f.4 ‘Ravenshaw. After Nicholson W.P. July, 1825.’
f.5 A country boat by a ghat, probably in Bengal.
f.6 Amateur theatricals including ‘W.P., A.P., Luard, Armstrong and Spurling’ (Ivanhoe party, see also WD4504, by Luard).
f.7 Amateur theatricals including ‘W.P, A.P., Morris, Archer, Dorin, Fraser, Wintle, Ned R, and Tierney’.
f.8 Amateur theatricals. ‘The Glorious 14 February, 1823’, including’ R.H., Archer, M.I T., Ned R., W.P., I.H.B., I.A.D., A.P., E.W., Miss S., Doyle, Mrs. H., Miss F., S.F., W. Jackson.’
f.9 Amateur theatricals. ‘The Celebrated evening at Mrs. Casement's - 14 February, 1823’, including’ T.I.D., Mrs. D., Aug .P, Miss S., R.H., Hervey Morris, Mrs. W.P., Mrs R.H.’
f.10 A Chinese gambling game. A lithograph by Sir Charles D'Oyly of the same subject from a drawing by Chinnery after a sketch by Mrs Woodcock occurs in’ Behar Lithographic Scrapbook.’
f.11 ‘Chinese gamblers’.
f.12 ‘Gipsy girl. April 1823’.
f.12v ‘Agar renvoyée par Abraham. Lordon. W.P. 1822.’
f.13 A castle. ‘W.P. April 1822’.
f.14 The Deposition. ‘From Joubenet. W.P. Aug. 1823.’
f.15 Ruins of the Coliseum. ‘W.P.’ 1830.
f.16 Statue of’ Apistides. W.P. August, 1823, from Cortellier's Statue’.
f.17 Sailing ship in an Eastern port.
f.18 Battle scene.
f.19 Beach scene ‘near Deal.’
f.20 ‘Russian travelling Stage.’
f.21 ‘Ruins of Donna Anna's Palace, Bay of Naples’.
f.22 Ships at sea.
f.23 ‘Summer Kibitka’ and ‘Winter Kibitka’.
f.24 ‘Virginia at the fountain. W.P. Jany. 1823’.
f.25 ‘Lammermoor at the fountain. W.P. 1824’.
f.26 Bridge over a stream in India. ‘Tom P.’
f.27 Scene, probably in Italy. ‘Oct. 1823’.
f.28 Muslim tomb in India.
f.29 Ruins in India. ‘Jarvis.’
f.30 Village scene with bullocks and cart.
f.31 Scene in Europe.
f.32 Christ and the woman of Samaria. ‘W.P.’
f.33 Water-carriers with their bullocks and water-skins, ‘from Chinnery.’
f.34 A village hut. ‘Hutchinson Lithog.’
f.35 A mosque. ‘From Elliot. W.P. Jan. 1826.’
f.36 A galloping horse. ‘Welby Jackson delt’.
f.37a A village scene.
f.37b Eggs in a nest.
f.38 ‘Ancient Patera found in Kabul by Sir Alexr Burnes. W.P. del.’
f.39 ‘A Nymph. Canova. Sir C. D'Oyly.’ (Lithograph.)
f.40 A cavalry officer. ‘Paul.’
f.41 A stream and bridge near Windsor Castle (?)
f.42 A country boat.
f.43a A sailing boat and a rocky coast. ‘Chinnery.’
f.43b A villager smoking a hookah. ‘J.P. Oct 26.’
f.43v ‘Screen to the Tombs in the Taj.’ Painting by a Delhi artist.
f.44a The Taj Mahal. Painting by a Delhi artist.
f.44b Ship in a rough sea. ‘Miss Maria Scott’.
f.45 English village scene, ‘from Miss Richards.’
f.46 Sawyers. Painting by a Patna artist.
f.47 The tomb of Pir Gorachand at Hussainabad. ‘Peer Gorachund's Durgah or Tomb at Hoseinabad, Dec. 1821.’
f.48 ‘Gulnare. Mrs. Law’.
f.49 Mountain scene in Europe.
f.50 The tomb of Sultan Khusru at Allahabad. ‘Sketch from Nature of Sultaun’ ‘Kusroo`s Tomb at Allahabad. Roberts.’
f.51 Temple, probably in Bengal. ‘W.P.’
f.52 Three Indians with large punkahs. ‘W.P. 1824’.
f.53 A male dancer. ‘Devis.’
f.54 A gateway, probably in Europe.
f.55 A holy man. ‘Devis.’
f.56 A scene with soldiers probably in Sind.
f.57 ‘Oochar on the Scind from a drawing by Major Banbury. W.P. 1819’.
f.58 Swiss costumes, ‘for W. Prinsep, two exact representations of his wife Mary!!’ ‘Geneva. Sept 1820. Seymour Place. May 11th, 1823. Berne. Sophia’.
Note: William Prinsep's sister Sophia married into the Swiss Haldimand family.
f.59 ‘Costume Napolitano del basso volgo. 9 Jany 1824.’
f.60 ‘Costume di Piedimonte. Provincia Terra di Lavoro nel Regno di Napoli. 9 Jany. 1824.’
f.61 ‘11th Dragoon & a Jhat before Burtpore. W.P. from Luard.’
f.62 A village scene in Bengal with a tank in the foreground. ‘W.P’.
f.63’ Lambeth. W.P.’
f.64 Tavern scene with Cavaliers. ‘W.P.’
f.65 Stern and side view of a river steamer. ‘Telica.’
Inscribed in Arabic: ‘Al-Talica.’
f.66 ‘Costume di Civita vecchia. Provincia Contado di Molise. Nel Regno di Napoli. 9 Jany, 1824.’
f.67a Stag's head. ‘H.M.S. Oct 2nd. 1827. Miss Shakespeare.’
f.67b Landscape with church and castle.
f.68 ‘Ober we Sel.’
f.69 ‘Costume di Castellamare. Provincia di Napoli. 9 Jany. 1824.’
f.70 Indian musicians. Painting by a Patna artist.
f.71 Landscape in Europe. ‘ W.P.’
f.72 ‘Margaret. Faust. Wm. Carr’.
f.73 English Landscape. ‘Tom P. from Varley.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Prinsep Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287798
040-003287799 - Is part of:
- PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874) : PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874) William Prinsep came of a family which served in India for several generations. Its…
WD303 : Album of 78 drawings and 2 lithographs of miscellaneous subjects drawn in India and Europe. c.1819-30. Includes drawings by Arthur… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287798[0001]/040-003287799
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1818
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- c 1819-1830
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; pencil; pen-and-ink; wash
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 289-291
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Prinsep, William, 1794-1874
- Subjects:
- Monuments and Memorials
Tombs
Villages
social life
topographical views