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WD4118
- Record Id:
- 040-003288781
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288769
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x0003f2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4118
- Title:
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Commonplace book containing poems, watercolours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson and Shiv Dayal. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
- Scope & Content:
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Commonplace book (ff.1-136) containing poems, water-colours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly, Alexander Lindsay, James Atkinson, Jai Ram Das and Shiv Dayal. A few pages have an 1814 watermark but the album appears to have been compiled between 1819 and 1821.
Album 24 by 19 cm.
f.1v Ruined fort.
Pencil; 10.2 by 13 cm.
f.3 Muslim tomb above a river. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 8 by 13.9 cm.
f.4 Ruins of the bridge at Pagla Phul, Dacca. ‘C.D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 12 by 13.7 cm.
Note: See WD4117, f.19, WD4234, f.13.
f.5 Landscape with ruins and figures. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Grey wash; 23.3 by 18 cm.
f.5v Ruined tower on a rocky shore, lashed by a storm. ‘D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 18.3 by 14.5 cm.
f.7 Fakir’s Rock in the Ganges. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil; 8.5 by 11.8 cm.
f.7v Landscape possibly Switzerland. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 10.5 by 16 cm.
f.10 A cottage with church steeple beyond. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil; 6.8 by 9.2 cm.
f.11 ‘Bray. Berks. A. Lindsay’.
Pencil; 13 by 18.5 cm.
Note: For Alexander Lindsay see WD4064.
f.11v Sakrigali Pass, Rajmahal Hills.
Inscribed: ‘Siccragully Pass CD.’
Pen and ink; 8.8 by 11.5 cm.
f.12v A dandy wearing a short tailcoat and pantaloons.
Pen and ink; 20 by 12.6 cm.
f.17 Ruined mausoleum.
Sepia wash; 8.6 by 11.8 cm.
f.17v ‘Miss Jane Porter’. Proof engraving by E. Scriven after G.H. Harlow, published London, 1815.
Note: Novelist sister of Robert Ker Porter.
f.18 Rocky coastline with shipping. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Wash; 15.3 by 22 cm.
f.18v A young officer.
Stipple engraving; 9.3 by 7.5 cm.
f.20 ‘Design for Dr MacWhirter’s character at the Fancy dress Ball on the 7th Dec. 1819. CD.’
Pen and ink; 18.7 by 12.2 cm.
Note: For Dr. McWhirter see WD4067.
f.20v Caricature heads.
Pen and ink; 22.5 by 17 cm.
f.21 ‘Chokeydar. C. D’Oyly 3d. Janry. 1820’.
Engraving; 9.8 by 8.2 cm.
f.22 A thatched cottage.
Water-colour; 9.6 by 10.5 cm.
f.22v Indian village.
Water-colour; 10.4 by 17.5 cm.
f.24v Landscape with elephant.
Pencil; 8.7 by 13.2 cm.
f.25a ‘Patella’ on a river.
Pencil within embossed borders; 2.8 by 7.5 cm.
f.25b Man smoking a pipe.
Engraving; 9.8 by 8.2 cm.
f.26v Steel engraving samples.
f.28 Landscape with lake and ruined tower. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil; 7.5 by 10.9 cm.
f.28v A battle between Muslim armies. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Water-colour with bodycolour; 11.2 by 16 cm.
f.31 Bengal landscape. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 9.5 by 13.9 cm.
f.31v Watermill with waterfall. ‘J.A. 1821’.
Pencil; 19.3 by 14 cm.
Note: See James Atkinson.
f.34v Ruined tower. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 4 by 5.7 cm.
f.35 Humorous drawing with inscription.
Pen and ink; 12 by 11.8 cm.
f.35va. Landscape. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil within embossed borders; 4.4 by 7 cm.
f.35vb Seated Indian woman.
Pencil; 10.2 by 7.8 cm.
Note: By Jairam Das, one of D’Oyly’s Indian assistants, see also f.64
f.36v Sailor dancing the hornpipe. ‘CD’.
Pen and ink; 11.3 by 7.8 cm.
f.37 River with boat and bridge. ‘E.J. D’Oyly’.
Pencil; 11.8 by 15.9 cm.
Note: Elizabeth Jane D’Oyly.
f.37v ‘A Seik Horseman C. D’Oyly 6th Jany. 1820’.
Engraving; 10 by 8.5 cm.
f.38 A ‘patella’ sailing past a ruined tomb. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil; 12 by 16.5 cm.
f.40 Mountain landscape. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil within embossed borders; 3.9 by 6 cm.
f.41 ‘New Port of Alexandria in Egypt, with the Pharos, as seen from the Terrace of the British Consul’s Residence’.
Sepia wash; 17.6 by 22.7 cm.
f.41v Plan of houses and gardens by a river.
Water-colour; 17.3 by 12 cm.
f.43 ‘The Alps, E.J. D’Oyly’.
Pencil; 16.5 by 22 cm.
f.45a. Landscape with river.
Pencil within embossed border; 3.8 by 7.5 cm.
f.45b. Tomb beside a river.
Pencil; 7.2 by 11.2 cm.
f.47v ‘La Petite Isle sur le Lac de Brienz. F.N. Konig ft’.
Hand coloured lithograph; 9.8 by 14.3 cm.
Note: Franz Nikolaus König (1765-1832).
f.54v Landscape with seated figures.
Sepia wash; 7.7 by 11.8 cm.
f.55v Ships in a storm. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil within embossed borders; 4.5 by 7 cm.
f.58 Sailor writing at a chest, accompanying a humorous letter supposedly to ‘Dear Brother Tom’ from the East Indiaman ‘Warren Hastings’ off Gravesend, 1813.
Pen and ink; 7 by 9.4 cm.
f.60 Landscape with ruin and horseman. ‘C. D’Oyly.’
Water-colour; 7.6 by 11 cm.
f.60v House overlooking a river. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 14.5 by 19.5 cm.
f.62 Mosque surrounded by trees.
Sepia wash; 10.2 by 12.5 cm.
f.62v Two young men chatting.
Inscribed: ‘A Couple of Jewels. CD’.
Pen and ink; 20.9 by 15.4 cm.
f.64 An Indian woman carrying a tray.
Pencil; 12 by 9.8 cm.
Note: This and the next drawing by Jairam Das.
f.66 Back view of an Indian woman carrying a water pot.
Pencil; 11 by 7.8 cm.
f.66v ‘Hampstead. A. Lindsay’.
Pencil on tinted paper; 13.4 by 18.5 cm.
f.67 Landscape. ‘EJD’.
Pencil within embossed border; 4 by 7.3 cm.
f.71 Seascape. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil within embossed borders; 4.4 by 7 cm.
f.71v Landscape with rabbits. ‘JC’.
Pen and ink; 13 by 21 cm.
f.72 Mosque and Imambara, Lucknow.
Pencil; 5.9 by 7.8 cm.
f.73 ‘Bridge at Dunkeld Scotland. Seat of the Duke of Athol’.
Engraving; 3.4 by 5.9 cm.
f.76v ‘Fall of the Staubbach in the Valley of Lauterbrunn in Switzerland. Height of the Chute. Nine Hundred Feet 12th Sept. 1818. CD Allipoor 12th Feby. 1820’.
Water-colour; 13.7 by 10.2 cm.
Note: The earlier date is presumably when the drawing was made, the later when it was pasted into the album.
f.77v Village on a river bank. ‘Sheo Dial’.
Pencil; 10.5 by 14.5 cm.
Note: Shiv Dayal was one of D’Oyly’s Indian assistants at Patna.
f.85 An imprisoned cavalier with his children.
Engraving; 4.9 by 8cm.
f.85v ‘Affut aux Renards sur le Reichenbach. [F].N. Konig ft.’
Hand coloured lithograph; 14 by 8.5 cm.
f.90 River scene. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Pencil within embossed borders; 4.2 by 7 cm.
f.96v ‘Le glacier superieur de Grindelwald. F.N. Konig ft’.
Hand coloured lithograph; 12.7 by 9.5 cm.
f.99 A stormy sea. ‘C. D’Oyly’.
Water-colour; 5.5 by 8 cm.
f.99v A fanciful map of a journey to the ‘Land of Matrimony in the Ocean of love. Cunning Tom’.
Pen and ink; 9.6 by 14.5 cm.
f.100v River scene.
Pencil within embossed borders; 9 by 13 cm.
f.107v ‘Patella’ in a squall.
Water-colour; 12.6 by 15.6 cm
f.108 ‘Patella’ passing a bluff.
Pencil within embossed borders; 4.4 by 7 cm.
f.112v Ruined tower above a lake.
Engraving; 5.8 by 8.5 cm.
f.113 ‘Le Well et le Wetter-Horn avec une Partie du Glacier de Rosenlauwi, sur la Scheiden. F.N. Konig ft’.
Hand coloured lithograph; 13.4 by 9.8 cm.
f.114 Trees and figures on the banks of a river. ‘Oct. 1820’.
Water-colour; 10.5 by 16.5 cm.
f.120 ‘L’Interieur d’un Challet sur la Scheiden F.N. Konig fecit’.
Hand coloured lithograph; 10 by 12.2 cm.
f.122v Soldiers besieging a fort.
Water-colour within embossed borders; 4 by 7.8 cm.
f.124 River scene.
Pencil within embossed borders; 4 by 7 cm.
f.126 Shipping in the Hooghly.
Water-colour; 15.3 by 22 cm.
f.126v East Indiaman.
Pen and sepia ink; 9 by 13 cm.
f.129v Village scene.
Pencil; 8 by 10.5 cm.
f.130v A ‘patella’ on the Ganges.
Pencil; 9.2 by 12 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Macnab Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288769
040-003288781 - Is part of:
- WD4043-4044; WD4117-4118; P1819-1845; P2483; P2481; X294 : D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES, 7th Baronet (1781-1845), and others ---------------------…
WD4118 : Commonplace book containing poems, watercolours, pencil drawings and prints. Most by D’Oyly with contributions from Lady D’Oyly,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288769[0012]/040-003288781
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD4043-4044; WD4117-4118; P1819-1845; P2483; P2481; X294
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1821
- Date Range:
- 1819-1821
- 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, 122-126
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- d'Oyly, Charles, 7th Baronet, of Shottisham, painter and civil servant in India, 1781-1845
- Subjects:
- Portraits
caricatures
topographical views
travel scenes