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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Buchanan-Hamilton Collection

1. Mss Eur Buchanan

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Buchanan
Title:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, comprising: Journals of his Deputation from Bengal to Ava [Burma], 1795-1798 Observations on Nepal, 1802 Natural history observations and drawings made at the Barrackpore Menagerie Notes, descriptions and natural history illustrations in preparation for Fishe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1823
Extent:
56 volumes

2. Mss Eur C14, ff.1-42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C14, ff.1-42
Title:
42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons.
Scope & Content:
42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons. By a Patna artist, c.1814. Inscribed with numbers and titles. Water-colour; 10 by 8 ins. Deposited by F. Buchanan-Hamilton, c.1820. Listed: Kaye 170. N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1814
Extent:
1 Item

3. Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51
Title:
4 drawings depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery from an album of 46 drawings, the remainder illustrating the costumes of Bihar.
Scope & Content:
See Kaye no.170. 46 drawings (57 folios); 42 illustrating costumes worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women in Bihar, and 4 depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery. Costume drawings c.1814; ethnographical drawings c.1808 to 1809. Inscribed with titles in ink. ff.1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1808
Extent:
1 Item

4. Mss Eur D95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D95
Title:
Album of 246 drawings of sculpture and architecture with plans of sites made during Buchanan's surveys in the Bengal Presidency. 1807-14
Scope & Content:
See Kaye no.171.1. 246 drawings of sculpture and architecture with plans of sites made during Buchanan's surveys in the Bengal Presidency. 1807-14. Section i, nos.1-31. Drawings made in Benares, Sarnath, Allahabad for a survey which was never completed. 1813-14. Section ii, nos 1-204. Drawings m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807-1814
Extent:

2 volumes (A and B)