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Description: | [From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accompanying manuscript text written by Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe (1795-1853), the Governor-General’s Agent at the imperial court. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and of the National Art-Collections Fund.]
The Tomb in the Churchyard at Dehli of Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe 4th Bart. Born in 49 Portland Place London 1795 Janry. 2d Died at Dehli Novr. 3d 1853.
[Tomb of Sir Thomas Metcalfe. He died in 1853 at Delhi and was buried in a grave to the east of the Skinner Family's cemetery, in St. Jame's Church.
Note: the picture is now missing, with a pencilled query as to its whereabouts, and with pasted down photos taken in 1978 of the tomb. ] | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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