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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Wells

1. Add Or 4282

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4282
Title:
A contrivance for raising water from a well for irrigation.
Scope & Content:
A contrivance for raising water from a well for irrigation. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Raising Water’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4604

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4604
Title:
Plan and section of mouth of well. Further details of Add.Or.4599 and Add.Or.4602.. Artist(s): Bholanath (fl. 1855)
Scope & Content:
‘Plan and section of mouth of well.’ Further details of Add.Or.4599 and Add.Or.4602. Inscribed in ink on verso: ‘Done in Agra Jail 1855’. Lithograph, hand coloured. 25 by 33 cm (paper size).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4784

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4784
Title:
A Persian-wheel system for raising water. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A Persian-wheel system for raising water, being driven by a pair of oxen, with the cantonments of Saharanpur and Lord Moira’s encampment in the distance. Inscribed below: ‘Saharanpore with a Persian wheel for raising water.’ 401 by 586 mm. Watercolour of a Persian-wheel from 'Views by Seeta R...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4792

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4792
Title:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane, a closer view of the previous. Beyond is a range of hills. Inscribed below: ‘Water wheel upon the principal of the inclined plane and the water raised in Bullock’s hide in front.’ 411 by 593 mm. W...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4910

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4910
Title:
A grove with a large well near Udhua Nullah. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A grove with a large well. Inscribed below in pencil and ink: ‘An Indara (or large Well. near Ouda Nala.’ 203 by 336 mm. Watercolour of a grove near Udhua Nullah from an album of miscellaneous views of Bengal produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1821
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 5340, f.16

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5340, f.16
Title:
Women and children in a bathroom in the verandah of a house. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
Scope & Content:
Women and children in a bathroom in the verandah of a house. Inscribed below: ‘Our bath room.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 5475, f.49

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.49
Title:
The baoli at the shrine of Nizamuddin. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘A celebrated Boulee or deep Reservoir adjoining to the Shrine of the Saint Nizamoodeen.’ Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i bavuli-i hazrat-i Nizam al-Din sahib.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5541

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5541
Title:
Two women drawing water from a well with vessels.
Scope & Content:
Two women drawing water from a well with vessels. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Femmes au puit pour chercher de l’eau pour baigner leur mari.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

9. Godwin Photo 11(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 11(53)
Title:
Well, Samson. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'S.1. / 2996-7 / 34. Scillies. / Well, Samson'. Genre: Landscape Photography A small well by the corner of large stone slabs (left) and bracken growing nearby. Published on page 34 of 'Islands' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1978). Image size 189 x 239 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1977
Extent:
1 item

10. Godwin Photo 11/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 11/1(19)
Title:
Well, Samson. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography A small well by the corner of large stone slabs (left), bracken grows nearby. Published on page 34 of 'Islands' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1978). Reproduction measurements written on the reverse of the print, image size 238 x 189 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1977
Extent:
1 item

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