Miscellaneous papers (1 box)

[Miscellaneous papers (1 box), photographs (41), watercolours (4) and prints (3), relating to the activities of Messrs. Westwood Baillie and Co, iron founders, bridge and ship builders, London, 1853-1909. Includes papers relating to claims against the Admiralty over payments for HMS Resistance; photographs of railway bridges built in India (Sukkur), South Africa and Australia; watercolours of a design for a Sultan's Palace; lithograph of Westwood Baillie's Iron Yard, Isle of Dogs. See below]

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1985-1558
type:
papers
credit:
Baillie, R.T.K.

Parts

Design for a Sultan's palace

Design for a Sultan's palace

Drawing. [Design for a Sultan's palace] / Westwood Baillie & Co, n.d. [c1860-1861]. Pencil, pen and line, watercolour, on paper; image [sight] 47x54.5cm, mounted with washline and gilt edge in Florentine gilded frame 69.5x85x3cm. One of a set of four drawings, three interior and one exterior views. This gives an interior view of a cast iron and glass palace, with ornate tracery, verdant plants and tranquil water in a central aisle with gazebo style reclining area at crossing; structure derivative of the Crystal Palace; being an artist's projections for designs for an Indian purchaser. The Palace probably was not built. From the Archives of Westwood Baillie & Co, iron founders, bridge and ship builders London 1839-1893.

Measurements:
overall: 695 x 850 x 30 mm
Object Number:
1985-1558/6
type:
drawing
Baillie Archive: Photographs

Baillie Archive: Photographs

Baillie Archive: Photographs.

Object Number:
1985-1558/3
type:
photographs
Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace

Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace

Baillie Archive: Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace.

Measurements:
overall: 700 mm x 860 mm x 30 mm,
Object Number:
1985-1558/4
type:
watercolour and painting
Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace

Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace

Baillie Archive: Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace.

Measurements:
overall: 700 mm x 850 mm x 30 mm,
Object Number:
1985-1558/5
type:
watercolour and painting
Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace

Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace

Baillie Archive: Watercolour design for a Sultan's palace.

Measurements:
overall: 880 mm x 1520 mm x 30 mm,
Object Number:
1985-1558/7
type:
watercolour and painting

HMS Resistance

Baillie Archive: Print of HMS "Resistance".

Object Number:
1985-1558/8
type:
poster
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Westwood Baillie's Iron Yard, Isle of Dogs

Baillie Archive: Lithographic print, Westwood Baillie's Iron Yard, Isle of Dogs.

Object Number:
1985-1558/9
type:
print
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886

Baillie Archive: [Diploma] Colonial & Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. / Thos. Riley, Inv. et Pinx.; Fac-simile Chromo Litho Art Studio, London; W. Griggs, Imp, London. - 1886. Chromolithograph; 56x76cm. Commemorative Diploma, blank presentation panel, signed below by Philip Cunliffe Owen, Secretary to the Royal Commission. The illustration shows female subjects [national symbolic women] of the colonies and India offering gifts to Britannia against a classically inspired background

Measurements:
overall: 560 x 760 mm
Object Number:
1985-1558/10
type:
print
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum