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Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
- Date
- 1876 - 1881
- By
- Gilmore, George Charles, 1851-1935; Gilmore, D Hunter, active 1950s-1980s
- Reference
- A-094-001/053
- Description
Showing highland regiments, and scenes in Suez, Cyprus, Pakistan, Bengal and Assam, including mosques, elephants, crocodile shooting, camps, and agriculture, especially tea plantations
37 pencil sketches (6 with wash); 16 watercolours
Inscriptions: Some signed; G C G
Quantity: 53 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Art originals 140 x 90 to 250 x 360 mm
Provenance: Donation: D. Hunter Gilmore, Rangiora, 13 March 1980
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 53 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Pencil works, Art originals 140 x 90 to 250 x 360 mm
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G, A, fl 1870s :[Fishing on a river. 1876-1881]
Date: 1876 - 1880
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
By: G, A (Artist), active 1870s
Reference: A-094-052
Description: Shows a scene on a river, probably in England. A man in a small red boat fishes with a rod. On the far bank is a weeping willow tree and there is an arched stone bridge at the far left. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 99 x 109 mm.
[Gilmore, George Charles], 1851-1935 :In the withering house [1876-1881]
Date: 1876 - 1881
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
Reference: A-094-022
Description: Shows the interior of a room lined with shelves or racks, where tea leaves would be set to dry. A moustached man wearing a turban, jacket and dhoti stands in one of the aisles. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 175 x 205 mm.
[Gilmore, George Charles], 1851-1935 :Stalking duck on the "Mala Pethar" [1876-1881]
Date: 1876 - 1881
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
Reference: A-094-026
Description: Shows two European hunters on their stomachs approaching a group of ducks on a pond or river. In the right foreground an elephant and its driver look on. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 179 x 201 mm.
[Gilmore, George Charles], 1851-1935 :"Koilu jungleat" [?] A visit to the charcoal burn...
Date: 1876 - 1881
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
Reference: A-094-015
Description: Shows a sketch of workers engaged in various activities in a clearing. In the centre foreground is a pile of chopped timber under a roofed shelter. Two men are sawing down a tree, while others carrying sawn logs, and stack timber inside fenced stacking cubes. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 180 x 205 mm.
Gilmore, George Charles, 1851-1935 :Arab clerk, Suez. G.C.G. 23/11/77 [1877]
Date: 1877
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
Reference: A-094-041
Description: Shows an Arab man in turban scarf, long tunic and coat, recording the details of a packing case belonging to the artist, on the deck of a ship. The arti's initials and the date are shown on the packing case. Other Titles - 23 November 1877 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 131 mm.
[Gilmore, George Charles], 1851-1935 :Tea garden characters - bringing in the leaf; goi...
Date: 1876 - 1881
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
Reference: A-094-032
Description: Shows five vignettes of figures engaged in activities in the tea plantation. At top left a group of women carry baskets on their heads. At top centre a woman walks to the fields with a hoe over her shoulder. At top right are three turbaned overseers. The lower left shows two women and a small girl with baskets and sticks. The three men at lower right are engaged in working with their hoes. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 250 x 375 mm.
[Gilmore, George Charles], 1851-1935 :Travelling in Assam. [1876-1881]
Date: 1876 - 1881
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
Reference: A-094-004
Description: Shows a sketch of three men riding on an elephant, with luggage on the rear. The central man is holding a parasol. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 85 x 138 mm.
G, A, fl 1870s :A halt - Farnboro Road, 1876.
Date: 1876
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
By: G, A (Artist), active 1870s
Reference: A-094-044
Description: Shows a group of British soldiers, including three officers in navy blue uniforms on horseback. Other soliders in red jacket stand on either side, in front of a covered wagon in which one man sits in dark blue uniform. There are trees on both sides of the road. Location is probably near Farnborough in Hampshire. There was a military camp at Farnborough on the Hampshire-Surrey border in the 1870s. Other Titles - Farnborough Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 188 x 275 mm.
G, A, fl 1870s :Beloochi outpost, Kahundilani. The first halting camp, after entering t...
Date: 1876 - 1881
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
By: G, A (Artist), active 1870s
Reference: A-094-037
Description: Drawing on tinted paper, gradating from blue at the top to green at the bottom, shows a fortified tower displaying four antlered heads along the battlements. In front of it are two guards in position under a tree, keeping watch on the road through the pass. Other Titles - Baluchi; Khundilani Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tinted gesso, image 133 x 195 mm, on sheet 184 x 225 mm.
Gilmore, George Charles, 1851-1935 :Angami Nagas, Naga Hills, Assam. G.C.G. 1878.
Date: 1878
From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881
Reference: A-094-043
Description: Shows three Naga men, two wearing thigh-length cloaks or blankets, and the one at left wearing only a loincloth. He carries a basket on his back, supported by a trap around his forehead. All have short bobbed hair and the two at the right wear earrings and carry patterned cloths. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 245 x 225 mm.