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WD2479

Record Id:

040-003291841

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003281771

MDARK:

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Reference (shelfmark):

WD2479

Title:

An album containing 409 drawings made in Delhi district, the Punjab, the Punjab States and on board ship. 1861-89, including portraits of named Indians and Europeans and miscellaneous scenes. Artist(s): Harcourt, Alfred Frederick Pollock (1836-1910)

Scope & Content:

An album containing 409 drawings (also 2 photographs, ff. 126, 127) made in Delhi district, the Punjab, the Punjab States and on board ship. 1861-89.

Entitled: ‘Heads of the People.’

Inscribed on f.i: ‘Colonel A.F.P. Harcourt, his Drawings begun Delhi 1864’. ‘Rebound Streatley. 1900’; f.iiv inscribed with incomplete index. Most drawings inscribed with title and date.

Pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour; size of volume: 15.75 by 10.25 ins.

ff. 44, 40a, 48 and 46b are original drawings for lithographs in A. Harcourt, ‘The Himalayan districts of Kooloo’, ‘Lahoul, and Spitti’ (London, 1871), 96, 146, 234, 302.

The drawings fall into three groups:

(i) Portraits of Indians, often made in the court room, e.g. pleaders, clerks, servants, policemen, tradesmen, cultivators. Most of the portraits show head and shoulders; some are full - length studies.

Portraits of the following rulers are included: Amir Sher ‘Ali Khan of Afghanistan, 1869, f. 3; Amir ‘Abdul Rahman, 1885, ff..114, 115; Nawab of Bahawalpur, 1885, ff.113, 126; Raja of Chamba, 1885, f.114; Raja of Jind, 1885, f.111; Raja of Mandi, 1867, f.28; Raja of Nabha, 1885, ff.111, 114.

(ii) Portraits of Europeans, mostly head and shoulders, including: Colonel Addington, Hon. Josceline Amherst, Mrs. Atkins, Captain A.R. Badcock, Lilla Becher, Dr. Bellew, W.H. Binney, A. Blair, R.E., Dr. Bush, Colonel Campbell, Miss Cunliffe, C. Currie, C.P. Elliott, A.C. Gurdon, Mrs. Harwood, Colonel H. Hoseason, Dr. Lacy, Archdeacon Leighlye, Lady Leslie, Colonel I.F. MacAndrew, A. McDonald, Colonel Malleson, Colonel C.C. Minchin, J. Morrison, Mrs. Archie Pollock, Sir George Pollock, Dr. Robertson, Sir Horace Rumbold, Mlle. Blanche Bordel de Tempest, Lieutenant Vincent, Captain White, Angela Willis, H. Yule.

(iii) Scenes. f.38. A Spiti monastery; f.45. Kulu women watching a fair; f.84. A Punjab Court Room; f.123. A British magistrate resting beside a thermantidote.

Drawings are arranged in the following groups:

f.1 Delhi City and district, 1865.

ff.3-6 Kabulis, 1869.

ff.7-26 Jullundur district, 1867-69.

f.27 Kangra district, 1866.

f.28 Mandi, 1866.

ff.29-30 Bashahr, 1870.

ff.31-33 Ladakh,1868, 1869.

f.36 Lahul, 1869.

f.37 Kulu, 1869.

ff.38-43 Spiti, 1869.

ff.44-60 Kulu, 1868, 1869. ff.61, 62 Karnal district, 1873.

f.63 Kapurthala, 1875.

ff.64-69 Miscellaneous portraits, including servants, 1861-85.

f.71 Multan district, 1877.

ff.72-80 Jhang district, 1876, 1877.

f.80 Rohtak district, 1882.

ff.81-83 Gurdaspur district, 1883-86.

ff.91-101 Europeans.

ff.102-110 Jullundur district, 1873, 1888, 1889.

ff.111-115 Rawalpindi durbar, April 1885.

f.116 Kulu, 1869.

f.117 Miscellaneous.

f.118 Gurdaspur district, 1885.

ff.119-121 Europeans.

f.121 Spiti, 1869.

ff.122, 123 Europeans.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003281771
040-003291841

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WD2480-2614 : HARCOURT, ALFRED FREDERICK POLLOCK (1836-1910) Harcourt served in India from 1855 to 1889 with the Bengal Infantry. He was with the…

WD2479 : An album containing 409 drawings made in Delhi district, the Punjab, the Punjab States and on board ship. 1861-89, including portraits…

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032-003281771[0011]/040-003291841

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Record Type (Level):

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Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1861

End Date:

1889

Date Range:

1861-1889

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