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WD4234
- Record Id:
- 040-003978008
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288713
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133321769.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4234
- Title:
- Album of 24 small watercolour views painted on cards with embossed borders. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
- Scope & Content:
- A letter pasted inside the front cover describes the contents of the album: ‘Chunar Novb. 3 1830. The accompanying book, My beloved Princess, which I have the honor to forward, needs no other passport for your acceptance than the assurance that the contents are from the hand of the far famed Drawer Sir Charles D’Oyly ... Your Royal Highness’s Humble and Obedient Servant C. D’Oyly’. The signature is that of Charlotte D’Oyly (1796-1834), wife of Captain Thomas D’Oyly (1794-1834), second cousin of Sir Charles D’Oyly. In 1820 Thomas D’Oyly of the Bengal Artillery, married his third cousin Charlotte Williams, daughter of Henry Williams, Bengal Civil Service, and grand-daughter of Stephen Williams, Director of the East India Company, 1791-1804. The latter’s wife, also Charlotte, was nurse and life long friend to Princess Amelia, youngest daughter of George III, who died in 1810. The album was almost certainly sent to Amelia’s favourite sister, Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857), who took an interest in Captain D’Oyly’s two elder boys, Thomas and Edward. They were sent to England in the care of D’Oyly’s sister Elizabeth and her husband William Bayley of Stockton. In 1833 Thomas D’Oyly was granted two years furlough, part of which was spent in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) with his wife. In June 1834, during the return voyage to India, their ship, the ‘Charles Eaton’, was wrecked in the Torres Straits and almost all the crew and passengers were reputedly eaten by cannibals. Their youngest son William was one of the few to survive, along with a cabin boy, and was later sent to join his brothers in England. Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester bequeathed the album to her nephew the Duke of Cambridge in 1857 and it was included in the sale of his books in 1904. See J.P. Losty ‘A Princess’s Memento: Charlotte D’Oyly’s gift to the Duchess of Gloucester’. ‘South Asian Studies’ 7, 1991. f.1 ‘Fort of Chunar’. 7.6 by 11.4 cm. f.2 ‘Squall on the Ganges’. 15.2 by 19 cm. f.3 ‘Near Rajemahl’. 11.5 by 15.2 cm. f.4 ‘Near Gyah’. 12.5 by 16.4 cm. f.5 ‘Behar’. 12.5 by 16.4 cm. f.6 ‘On the Ganges’. 9.3 by 13.2 cm. f.7 ‘Near Siccligully on the Ganges’. 7.6 by 11.4 cm. f.8 ‘The Pritsilla Hill Gyah from the Fulgo River’. 8.4 by 12.4 cm. f.9 ‘Part of the Suburbs of Patna. Cotton Boats’. 15.8 by 17.7 cm. f.10 ‘Gyah’. 7.6 by 11.3 cm. f.11 ‘Part of the City of Patna’. 15.8 by 17.7 cm. f.12 ‘Near Gyah’. 9.2 by 13.1 cm. f.13 ‘Paugla Pool. Dacca’. 15.2 by 19.3 cm. f.14 ‘East end of the Rajegheer Range of Hills’. 7.7 by 11.4 cm. f.15 ‘Buffaloes near Patna’. 15 by 19.2 cm. f.16 ‘Ferry Boats crossing the Gunduck River’. 15.2 by 19.2 cm. f.17 ‘Near Hadjepore’. 15.2 by 19 cm. f.18 ‘Dacca’. 9.3 by 13.1 cm. f.19 ‘On the Ganges’. 15.8 by 17.5 cm. f.20 ‘Hindoo Temple at Gyah’. 15.8 by 17.7 cm. f.21 ‘Near Barrackpore’. 15.2 by 19 cm. f.22 ‘Near Gyah’. 15 by 22.8 cm. f.23 ‘On the Burhampooter River’. 15.2 by 19 cm. f.24 ‘Waterfall at Rhotasghur’. 15.8 by 17.7 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288713
040-003978008 - Is part of:
- D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES (1781-1845) : D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES, 7th Baronet (1781-1845) Sir Charles D’Oyly went to India in 1797 and spent his first…
WD4234 : Album of 24 small watercolour views painted on cards with embossed borders. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845) - Contains:
- WD4234(1) : Fort of Chunar. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(2) : Squall on the Ganges. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(3) : Near Rajemahl. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(4) : Near Gyah. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(5) : Behar. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(6) : On the Ganges. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(7) : Near Siccligully on the Ganges. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(8) : The Pritsilla Hill Gyah from the Fulgo River. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(9) : Part of the Suburbs of Patna. Cotton Boats. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(10) : Gyah. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(11) : Part of the City of Patna. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(12) : Near Gyah. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(13) : Paugla Pool. Dacca. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(14) : East end of the Rajegheer Range of Hills. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(15) : Buffaloes near Patna. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(16) : Ferry Boats crossing the Gunduck River. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(17) : Near Hadjepore. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(18) : Dacca. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(19) : On the Ganges. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(20) : Hindoo Temple at Gyah. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(21) : Near Barrackpore. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(22) : Near Gyah. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(23) : On the Burhampooter River. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
WD4234(24) : Waterfall at Rhotasghur. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WD4234 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288713[0046]/040-003978008
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: D’OYLY, Sir CHARLES (1781-1845)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 album
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- 1830
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Bound album measuring 18 x 24 cm containing 23 small watercolours on card.
- Finding Aids:
- Patricia Kattenhorn, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume III, 117-118.
- 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:
- rivers and lakes
topographical views
town views