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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Maps and plans

1. Add Or 3014

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Add Or 3014
Title:
Picture map of Ladakh, from Leh to Hanle
Scope & Content:
Picture map of Ladakh, from Leh to Hanle. Inscribed:. ‘1. Lékur, the Raja’s house in Lé, capital of Tibet. The history goes that formerly it was merely a place for keeping sheep, which is called Lé, and from which the town takes its name and afterwards the Raja built a palace which is called ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1862
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3015

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Add Or 3015
Title:
Picture-map of Central Tibet in 7 sections
Scope & Content:
Picture-map in 7 sections, running East to West, i.e. the imaginary viewer is looking South. 1. Pekut-tso. 2-3. Gnari district - the Nepal border. 4. Mt. Kailas. 5. Chaka-la. 6. Gartok. 7. Demchok.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1862
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3016

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Add Or 3016
Title:
Picture-map of Central Tibet in 7 sections
Scope & Content:
Picture-map in 7 sections of central Tibet, Section 4: Tashilhunpo; sections 6-7 Namtsho?.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1862
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3017

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Add Or 3017
Title:
Picture-map of central and eastern Tibet
Scope & Content:
Picture-map of central and eastern Tibet, in many sections which may have been incorrectly joined, no explanatory text, but with numerous Tibetan captions. Places illustrated include Samyé [bSamyas] and Chongay [hPhyon-rgyas], the tombs of the Tibetan kings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1862
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3018

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Add Or 3018
Title:
Picture map of the Zanskar valley in five sections.
Scope & Content:
Picture map of the Zanskar valley in five sections. Inscribed:. ‘No.1’ ‘Road descending from the Shinkoonla pass from Lahoul into Zungskar.’ ‘1. Gunpotak’ [caption hGon-po-brag],’ a high mountain’ [road?]’ to Maha Kal, an ore is found at the back of it of which I have a sample.’ ‘2. Village...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1862
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3262

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Add Or 3262
Title:
Ground plan of the Jami Masjid, Delhi
Scope & Content:
Ground plan of the Jami‘ Masjid, Delhi. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Ground Plan of the Jumma Masjid at Delhi.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour on squared paper; 648 by 584 mm. NOTE: The great mosque is drawn in plan and elevation, with the iwan collapsed outwards and the three walls of the court...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3266

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Add Or 3266
Title:
Plan of a city showing streets, market place, palaces, houses and gardens
Scope & Content:
Plan of a city showing streets, market place, palaces, houses and gardens. By a Delhi artist, c.1810. Inscribed with notes in English and Persian, also’: An Indian King of .... in the Jeypore Country ...... is named Shere Sing.’ On reverse a seal. Reign year 35. Pen-and-ink; 635 by 533 mm....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 3807

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Add Or 3807
Title:
Ground plan of the house at Bhuj
Scope & Content:
Ground plan of the house depicted in Add.Or.3306.. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Ground plan of our house Bhooj 1851’; also inscribed with names of rooms and key to plan. Pen-and-ink and wash; 215 by 318 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4039

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Add Or 4039
Title:
Album illustrating the provinces of the Mughal Empire, compiled for Colonel Jean Baptiste Gentil
Scope & Content:
Album illustrating the provinces of the Mughal Empire, compiled for Colonel Jean Baptiste Gentil (1726-99). By Faizabad artists, 1770. Inscribed inside cover: ‘Cet atlas appartient a Mr. Gentil l’Indien’; o title-page, f.1: ‘Empire Mogol divisé en 21 soubahs ou Gouvernements tiré de differens ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4392

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Add Or 4392
Title:
A plan of the Agra Fort, with the wall, gateways and principal palace buildings in elevation. Artist(s): Ghulam Ahmad, Shaikh (fl.1812-1815)
Scope & Content:
A plan of the Agra Fort. Drawn by the Agra draftsman Shaykh Ghulam Ahmad, 1812-15. Inscribed in ink in Persian in nasta‘liq: ‘naqsha-i haza qila‘-i shahr-i Agra malkiyat-i Shaikh Sharaf al-Din Ahmad valad Shaikh Ghulam Ahmad naqsha navis pansan yafta sakin muhalla Pipal Mandi Agra’ (‘Picture o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1815
Extent:
1 Item