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'C'. [British Army in the Raj, 1913; British India; Cannanore [Kannur], Kerala; Mahomed Arif & Co; Jemadar Amwalla ]:Biblio.com

British Army in India a supplies scandal Eight highly-finished capable caricatures by 'C' involving a Raj army supplies scandal 'Bilk' 'Jemadar Amwalla and the Old Atasi Troupe' 'Mahomed Arif & Co' 'the G. C. M.' and the Madras Times.

réf. 16523Two dated from Cannanore Kannur Kerala India one to December 1913 and the other simply to 1913. Eight witty and attractive caricatures in a sub-Punch style. All eight in good condition on lightly-aged paper. Each in black ink on a separate piece of paper five of them 33.5 x 21.5 cm and three of them 21 x 17 cm. The context of the caricatures is at present obscure but would undoubtedly make itself clear with specialist research. The five largest illustrations are: ONE: Caption: 'Please to remember The twenty-seventh of November The "Bilk-Powder" treason and plot'. Balding European in dress uniform sitting on a powder barrel on which is written: 'Finest high explosives Bilk Powder Mahomed Arif & Co Sole Manufacturers Guaranteed to retain its power even after four years.' Barrel behind with 'ACRE JCS' on it. TWO: Dated in bottom right-hand corner: 'after Marcus Stone II Cannanore Dec 1913'. Same balding individual portrayed as a Regency duellist waiting pensively with pistol in hand at a stile as dapper figure with monocle and cane approaches. Musical phrase at foot with words: 'Somebodys waiting for Somebody. OLD SONG'. THREE: Caption: 'Another musical "hit" in "The Marriage Market" at Daly's "Slippery Jack" sings a pathetic BIlk Ballad accompanied by the full band of the G.C.M.' Same balding individual on stage in cowboy costume with marching band of Indian musicians behind him and monocled figure peeping out from behind curtain. Musical phrase at foot with words: 'My wife will tell the Public of the way that I've been served'. FOUR: Caption: 'Ragtime in Camp Jemadar Amwalla and The Old Atasi Troupe. "Oooohhhh! he's just meant for kings and queens "Dont yer ask us what he means "Topkhanah ke awaz par tumhara dil burra hojata" We just love that Hitchy Koo Hitchy Koo Hitchy Koo'. Balding individual in military fatigues at back of stage doing something akin to a Hitler salute while saying 'Kan Kholo Bloody Monkey' while five portly Indian men four in military unfiform perform music four on instruments and one singing. FIVE: Caption: 'Il Trovatore Act 4 Scene 19 Leonora Alias "Alicemary". from without deplores the fate of her lover and is answered from within the prison by Manrico Manrico "Tho' for one year we sever "Thou wilt remember me. "In the "Madras Times" there thou wilt champion me Alicemary mine! we part but not for ever'. The balding figure in a cell in chains with a view of a woman through barred gothic windows behind him. The three smaller illustrations are: SIX: Dated in bottom right-hand corner 'C. Cannanore 1913'. Musical phrase at foot with words: 'and the truth shall ever come uppermost and justice shall be done OLD SONG'. Regency scene featuring five Western individuals in a tavern including monocled figure and twittish toff outside window stalking with a gun. SEVEN: Caption: 'Serenade "Bilkeuse" by Il Domeni'. Balding individual in Elizabethan dress serenades Indian figure at window: 'Bilk on oh Bilk Sweet Aaaaaaaarif Oh Bilk again once more! Bilk oooonnnn!' Two flowers fall from the window with book titled 'ADJTS CASH ACCT'. EIGHT: Caption: 'Le Reve: the Court is closed to consider the Finding.' Five Western individuals in military dress uniform asleep on a bench while behind them turns a merry-go-round with a number of western and Indian figures on the horses. The word 'J'accuse' in small letters at head as well as '8 Shies at the CO for penny'. Sample scan slight loss through sixe of scanner bed. Two dated from Cannanore [Kannur, Kerala, India], one to December 1913 and the other simply to 1913. unknown

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John Thomas Johnson, Assistant Curator of the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, India [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Mary, Countess ofBiblio.com

Botanical Gardens Six documents including Signed Articles of Agreement for Johnson 'of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew' to perform Government 'service as Gardener in India'; with two testimonials Mary Countess of Minto and Cecil Allanson.

réf. 61951904-1935. The collection in good condition with all but one of the six items carrying ring-binder punch holes. Item One Articles of Agreement: Foolscap bifolium 3 pp. Dated 16 September 1904. Printed seventeen-point agreement in the form of a manuscript facsimile. Signed by Johnson Sir John Edge and Sir Stewart Colvin Bayley and witnessed by 'W. Watson Royal. Gardens Kew' and 'Frank R. Marten India Office'. Items Two and Three both with mourning border on letterhead of Minto House Hawick. Item Two Mary Countess of Minto 'M Minto' to Johnson. 4to: 1 p. 14 September 1914. She is enclosing 'a testimonial as to the work you did for us in India. I hope very sincerely that you will obtain some good position in Australia or in some Native State'. She is glad he is 'so much stronger in health' and thinks he is 'quite right not to risk remaining in England throughout the winter which we all feel very tiring after living for some years in India'. Item Three Countess of Minto's testimonial 14 September 1914. 'Mr. J. T. Johnson did a good deal of work at the Government House Gardens Calcutta andn Barrackpore while Lord and Lady Minto were in India.' Praises his 'throrough knowledge of his work' 'skill and efficiency'. Item Four Cecil Allanson to Johnson 'Govt. of India Camp Coronation Durbar 27/12/11'. Folio 1 p. Writing 'to say goodbye and to thank you for the very excellent work you put in at Delhi and Calcutta on behalf of the Government of India and Bengal Camps'. He is recommending him 'very strongly indeed for the Durbar medal which you should get without doubt'. Offers to send him 'some small memento of the durbar'. Item Five Allanson's testimonial. Folio 1 p. 'He had very limited funds andn a large area of very difficult ground. He did the whole of this work to my complete satisfaction and in my belief no one in India could have done it better.' Allanson 'formed the very highest opinion of Mr. Johnson's capacity not only as a horticulturalist but as a business man.' Item Six. 4to 1 p. Invitation to a dinner on 22 December 1935 for Johnson and his wife headed 'The Viceroy's House Calcutta' from the Viceroy & The Countess of Willingdon. 1904-1935. unknown

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