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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Name Ram, Sita, fl 1810-1822

1. Add Or 949

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Add Or 949
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Central pillar, Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822), attributed to
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Central pillar, Diwan-i Khas, Fatehpur Sikri. Probably by the Calcutta artist Sita Ram, c.1816. Inscribed: ‘View of a building in the palace of the Emperor Akber at Futtihpore Sicri called the Ek Khumba or Hall of the Pillar. 1816.’ Water-colour; 16 by 16 ins. Purchased 23 September 1952, a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1816
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4311

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Add Or 4311
Title:
The Great Gun of Agra lying beside the Fort wall. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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The Great Gun of Agra, lying unmounted on the bank of the Jumna below the Shah Burj of the Agra Fort. A ‘toran’, small temple and ruins of Mughal buildings are in the foreground along with tiny people (some inside the gun) and an elephant. In the distance across the river is the Taj Mahal and it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4698

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Add Or 4698
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Grounds of Duncan Campbell's house at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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Grounds viewed from the top of a house, the latter’s shadow cast over the grass, with the Ganges beyond and Lord Moira’s pinnance budgerows at the water’s edge. Inscribed below: ‘Grounds of Duncan Campbell Esqr. at Patna.’ 357 by 534 mm. Note: Duncan Campbell, Opium Agent at Patna., 1812-21....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4699

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Add Or 4699
Title:
View of one side of the main street in the Indian city of Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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View of one side of the main street in the Indian city of Patna, with an elephant and carriages. Watercolour of street scene in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Ha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4700

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Add Or 4700
Title:
Both sides of the main street of Patna, dominated by two facing chattris. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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Both sides of the main street of Patna, dominated by two facing ‘chattris.’ Inscribed below: ‘Another view of the great Choke.’ 370 by 532 mm. Watercolour of street sceen in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hasti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4701

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Add Or 4701
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The opium godown or store within its compound at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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The opium godown or store within its compound at Patna. The principal facade has as its basement storey a rusticated arcade and alternating pedimented windows and pilasters. Inscribed below: ‘Opium Godown at Patna.’ 245 by 349 mm. Watercolour of an Opium Godown in Patna from 'Views by Seeta ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4702

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Add Or 4702
Title:
The inside of the opium godown at Patna, showing a staircase rising on increasingly high arches. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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The inside of the opium godown at Patna, showing a staircase rising on increasingly high arches. Inscribed below: ‘Interior view of the same.’ 212 by 236 mm. Watercolour of the interior of an opium factory in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moir...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4703

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Add Or 4703
Title:
Bird's eye view from above the Opium Godown at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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Bird’s eye view from above the Opium Godown at Patna, showing the houses and their grounds to the west, with the Ganges on the right. Sitaram depicts himself sketching on the flat roof of the godown and shows the curve of the earth in the distant prospect. Inscribed below: ‘Bird’s Eye.- view f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4704

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Add Or 4704
Title:
The old European cemetery at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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The old European cemetery at Patna, with obelisk-shaped tombs and monuments, and on the right the pillar above the grave of the victims of Mir Qasim’s massacre of 1763. Inscribed below: ‘European Burying ground at Patna.’ 245 by 355 mm. Watercolour of the European cemetery in Patna from 'View...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4705

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Add Or 4705
Title:
The shrine of Shah Arzani at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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The shrine of Shah Arzani at Patna, surrounded by other tombs and trees. Inscribed below: ‘Shak Amzun a Musselmaun Priest’s Tomb at Patna’ 240 by 350 mm. Watercolour of the Shrine of Shah Arzani in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item