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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Imambaras

1. Add Or 4756

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4756
Title:
The first quadrangle of the Great Imambara complex. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The first quadrangle of the Great Imambara complex showing the south side of the Rumi Darwaza and the gateway into the main quadrangle, with the party heading out of the former gateway on October 31st. Inscribed below: ‘Gate leading to the Imaumbarah, and East side of the Roma Durauzeh.’ 398 b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4757

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4757
Title:
The Imambara building itself, with the mosque to the right. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The Imambara building itself, with the mosque to the right. Inscribed below: ‘The Imaumbarah’ 386 by 500 mm. Watercolour of Great Imambara in Lucknow from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Cawnpore to Mohumdy Vol. IV' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4758

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4758
Title:
The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara, with parties of imams reading the Koran, another in a wooden and gilt ‘minbar’, and a ‘Ta’zia’ beyond. The hall is brilliantly lit with coloured girandoles attached to the parapet beneath the ceiling, and by three rows of cha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. P977

Reference (shelfmark):
P977
Title:
Principale rue de Lucknow. Capitale du Royaume d’Aoude. [Janvier 1842. Lucknow noblemen on elephants passing the Hussainabad Imambara.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of the main road in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, then capital of the Kingdom of Avadh, with noblemen on elephants passing the Husainabad Imambara by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original drawing of January 1842 by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov and published in Paris in 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item

5. P2924

Reference (shelfmark):
P2924
Title:
'Gate of Great Imambara'. Lithograph by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks. One of Fourteen views of Lucknow London, c.1870. Artist(s): Brooks, Vincent (1814-85)
Scope & Content:
'Gate of Great Imambara'. Lithograph by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks. One of Fourteen views of Lucknow London, c.1870.. Artist(s): Brooks, Vincent (1814-85)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

6. P2925

Reference (shelfmark):
P2925
Title:
'Gate of Hoseenabad'. Lithograph by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks. One of Fourteen views of Lucknow London, c.1870. Artist(s): Brooks, Vincent (1814-85)
Scope & Content:
'Gate of Hoseenabad'. Lithograph by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks. One of Fourteen views of Lucknow London, c.1870.. Artist(s): Brooks, Vincent (1814-85)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

7. P2926

Reference (shelfmark):
P2926
Title:
'Tomb at Hoseenabad'. Lithograph by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks. One of Fourteen views of Lucknow London, c.1870. Artist(s): Brooks, Vincent (1814-85)
Scope & Content:
'Tomb at Hoseenabad'. Lithograph by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks. One of Fourteen views of Lucknow London, c.1870.. Artist(s): Brooks, Vincent (1814-85)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

8. Photo 11(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(50)
Title:
The Great Imambara and mosque, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the Great Imambara, with the dome and minarets of the Jami Masjid on the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 247/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/1(29)
Title:
Dwelling of a Mogul merchant, Chinsurah [sic, for Imambara at Chinsura]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View in the courtyard of the building, which is in fact the imambara at Chinsura, with figures posed for the photographer. The most prominent of these stands beneath a ceremonial umbrella held by an attendant. For another view...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 247/3(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(38)
Title:
Residence of a native gentleman on the Hooghly. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the riverbank towards a substantial building with corner towers. This is probably in fact the exterior of the imambara at Chinsura.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item