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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Place Karnataka, India

1. Photo 102

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 102
Title:
Photographs of rock sculpture, carving and inscriptions in Karnataka. Photographer(s): Pigou, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints (many are duplicates), the majority with brief identifying captions pencilled on the reverse, or with locations inscribed in the negative. The first 17 prints are in the smaller size noted above, and show details of temple sculpture. These are uncaptioned but some at...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1856-1857
Extent:
125 items

2. WD110

Reference (shelfmark):
WD110
Title:
View of a Mysore hill fort. Between 1790 and 1792. Artist(s): Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820)
Scope & Content:
Unfinished pencil and wash drawing of Mysore hill fort in Karnataka in South India by Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764-1820) sometime between 1790 and 1792. This is one of four drawings of hill forts in South India made in a similar style by Alexander Allan. Allan served in the 3rd and 13...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1792
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD111

Reference (shelfmark):
WD111
Title:
A walled town, S. India (probably Mysore). Artist(s): Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Water-colour painting of a walled town in south India (probably Mysore), attributed to Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764-1820), dated circa 1790. This is one of five drawings of towns and hill forts in south India probably made during the third Mysore War. They were originally in the colle...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD112

Reference (shelfmark):
WD112
Title:
A walled town, S. India (probably Mysore). Artist(s): Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Water-colour painting of a walled town in south India (probably Mysore), attributed to Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764-1820), dated circa 1790. Note: WD111-112 are possibly by Capt. Alexander Allan. This is one of five drawings of towns and hill forts in south India probably made during...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD359

Reference (shelfmark):
WD359
Title:
A hill fort, S. India (probably Mysore); two Indians and two British soldiers in the foreground
Scope & Content:
A hill fort, S. India (probably Mysore); two Indians and two British soldiers in the foreground. c.1790. Water-colour; 14 by 19.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD586

Reference (shelfmark):
WD586
Title:
A Company officer and his survey team sketching and taking measurements of the ruined Kedaresvara Temple, Nagalapuram, Karnataka.
Scope & Content:
(18) A Company officer about to sketch a ruined temple, perhaps at Vijayanagar. Servants carry a portfolio, ink and a chair. Water-colour; 15.5 by 21.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1810
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD601

Reference (shelfmark):
WD601
Title:
Two ploughs used in Mysore
Scope & Content:
(33) Two ploughs used in Mysore. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘A. The Common Plough used all over the Peninsular. B. Plough used to weed the Raghie about Bangalore’; also notes and measurements. Reproduced in Heyne, B. 'Tracts on India' 1814. Plate opposite page 74, figures 1 and 7. Water-colo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1810
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD762

Reference (shelfmark):
WD762
Title:
Waterfall on the Karamnasa River (Mysore). May 1813
Scope & Content:
(32) Waterfall on the Karamnasa River. May 1813. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Fall of the Caramnassa River’; on back in ink: ‘May 1813.’ Pen-and-ink; 11.5 by 18.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD834

Reference (shelfmark):
WD834
Title:
Machinery (Y-post and long arm) for raising water near Cavaspur (Mysore). 29 December 1805
Scope & Content:
(104) Machinery (Y-post and long arm) for raising water near Cavaspur. 29 December 1805. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Arts. Machinery for raising Water near Cavaspoor. 29th December 1805’; also vernacular names. Water-colour; 10 by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD841

Reference (shelfmark):
WD841
Title:
Plan of gun belonging to Tipu Sultan. 3 January 1806
Scope & Content:
(111) Plan of gun belonging to Tipu Sultan. 3 January 1806. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Plan.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 9 by by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806
Extent:
1 Item