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 2 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Ghiretta House, Chandernagore - 1800

Aquatint with etching of 'Ghiretta House' at Chandannagar in West Bengal by James Moffat from his original drawing published in Calcutta in 1800. The former French colony of Chandernagore is situated on the bank of the Hoogly river near Calcutta in north-ea... Read More
 2 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
'Entree d'une Pagode a Pondichery'. Aquatint by S. Himely after Paris - 1850

Aquatint by Sigismond Himely (1801-1872) after Walter Paris (fl.1849-1891) of the entrance gateway (gopura) of a Hindu temple at Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu, probably published in c. 1850.

Copyright © The British Lib... Read More
 2 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
View of the French Factory, Patna seen from the river - 19 November 1824

Pen and ink drawing by Sir Charles D'Oyly (1781-1845), of a view of the French Factory at Patna City in Bihar, from an Album of 80 drawings of views in Bengal and Bihar taken between January 1823 and May 1825. This image ... Read More
 31 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
A Maratha Foot Soldier - 1813

Plate forty-six from the second volume of James Forbes' "Oriental Memoirs". Forbes(1749-1819) made the original drawing of this 'spear-man in the Ragobah's[Raghunath Row] service' in the Mahratta Camp at Cambay where his friend Sir Charles Malet was the English Re... Read More
 30 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Landscape with bare hills; Satara Fort on hilltop, cattle grazing in foreground - 1853

Landscape with Satara Fort on the hilltop completed in water-colour by George Hutchins Bellasis (1807-1862) in 1853. This view shows cattle grazing in the foreground. Inscribed on the front in ink is: 'Satta... Read More
 30 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Poonah - 1809

This aquatint is taken from plate 13 of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt'. Poona (now Pune, in Maharashtra) was the capital of the Marathas and the seat of the Peshwa, the head of the Maratha confederacy. In ... Read More
 30 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
'Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona- - December 1831'

Wash with some water-colour by William Miller (1795-1836) in December 1831. Inscribed: 'Scindea Pet from the Horse Artillery Lines Poona. Decr. 1831 W.M.'

Pune is situated near to the Western Ghats in Maharashtra at the con... Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Sir Charles Warre Malet, Concluding a Treaty in 1790 in Durbar with the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
by Thomas Daniell

Date painted: 1805
Oil on canvas, 181 x 279.4 cm

Collection: Tate Gallery, London Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treaty of 1790 by Sir Chas Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East Indies on the 6th,, July 1790.

A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, whe... Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treat of 1790 by Sir Chas Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East INdies on the 6th,, July 1790.

A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, wh... Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
A Representation of the delivery of the Ratified Treat of 1790 by Sir Charles Warre Malet Bart to his Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa, in full Durbar or Court as held upon that occasion at Poonah in the East INdies on the 6th,, July 1790.

A large room with corinthian columns and swags of cloth, w... Read More
 29 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Bhairo Raghunath Mehendale, Diplomatic Agent to the Peshwa at Poona
by James Wales

Date painted: 1792
Oil on canvas, 82 x 63 cm

Collection: British Library Read More
 27 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Cheetah and Stag with Two Indians - c.1765
By George Stubbs

Oil on canvas, 182.7 x 275.3 cm

A painting inspired by an incident that took place in 1764, when a cheetah brought to England from India was pitched against a stag in a hunting demonstration at Windsor. The cheetah, seen in profil... Read More
 24 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
View of the hill fort, Trichinopoly, ca. 1801-1805
By William Orme

Pencil and watercolour

William Orme, who was active from about 1795 to 1819, was born in Manchester and was almost certainly the younger brother of Daniel Orme (also born in Manchester), and older brother of Edward Orme. An... Read More
 23 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
'A Choultrie carved out of the Rock of Trichinopoly' - 1805
By William Orme

Watercolour

Copyright: © V&A Images Read More
 23 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
The Rock at Trichinopoly, a Union Jack flying beside the temple at the summit - 1825

Plate seven from '24 Views in Indostan by William Orme'. This aquatint is based on a picture by Francis Swaine Ward (1736-1794). Tiruchchirappalli (known to the British as Trichinopoly) is a city situated on t... Read More
 23 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
The Rock and Temple of Trichinopoly, 1801.

Oil on canvas by Lieutenant Philip Le Couteur (1777-1807), 12th [Madras] Native Infantry, 1801.

Strategically sited on the bank of the River Cauvery (Kaveri) in Southern India, about 56 miles (90 km) from the sea, Trichinopoly was the third most im... Read More
 22 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Plassey House: A building with arched colonnade amid trees and bushes near a river, a figure moving towards it, a boat on the river - 1794
By Robert Hyde Colebrooke

Watercolour, with grey ink, over graphite

Inscriptions:
Inscription Content: Inscribed and dated: "R. H. Colbrooke delt - 17... Read More
 20 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Building work on the drainage tunnel from the Machhodri tank to the river - 1826

Watercolour by James Prinsep (1799-1840), of building work on the drainage tunnel from the Machhodri tank to the river at Varanasi (Benares) in Uttar Pradesh, dated 1826. The image is inscribed on the reverse: 'Co... Read More
 20 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Rajrajeswaree Ghat, Benares - 1832

Plate 5 from the second part of James Prinsep's 'Benares Illustrated'. Prinsep (1799-1840), an antiquary and colonial administrator was assay master at the Benares Mint between 1820-30. The lithographs published in this collection were based on his original s... Read More
 20 Jan 2013 Rare Paintings
Brahma Ghat, Benares - 1832

Plate 4 from the second part of James Prinsep's 'Benares Illustrated'. Prinsep (1799-1840), an antiquary and colonial administrator was assay master at the Benares Mint between 1820-30. The lithographs published in this collection were based on his original sketches... Read More