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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Houses Level [32] Fonds

1. 455.c.8(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
455.c.8(50)
Title:
'Garden House in a Village near Baroche in Guzerat. .. Jam, Forbes, 1778' Pl. 50, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813. Artist(s): Bate, after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Scope & Content:
'Garden House in a Village near Baroche in Guzerat. ... Jam, Forbes, 1778' Pl. 50, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813.. Artist(s): Bate, after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 740

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 740
Title:
Palladian garden-house near Madras.
Scope & Content:
Palladian garden-house near Madras. By a Madras artist, c.1790. Inscribed on mount: ‘House built by Thomas Powney Esq., 2 miles from Fort St George on the Mount Road.’ Water-colour; 6.5 by 13.25 ins. Purchased 10 August 1957. Note: Thomas Powney (1721-82) was a free merchant living in Madra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 992

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 992
Title:
Courtyard of a house with a canopy.
Scope & Content:
Courtyard of a house with canopy. Door-keepers in red and green liveries stand on each of the verandahs. By a Patna artist, c.1815. 1814 water-mark. Unfinished water-colour; 17 by 25.5 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1959. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Patna in 194...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3280

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3280
Title:
A two storeyed Palladian mansion, probably in Madras
Scope & Content:
A two storeyed Palladin mansion, probably in Madras. A ‘chaprassi’ with a Maratha-type turban stands at the foot of a flight of steps. By a Madras artist, c.1835. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Belfort House. Our place of residence;’ on original mount; ‘Cadell Esq.’. Water-colour; 26 by 42 c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3983

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3983
Title:
Christopher Webb Smith's house on the lake at Gaya, Bihar
Scope & Content:
Christopher Webb Smith’s house on the lake at Gaya, Bihar. A yacht race in progress. By a Patna artist, c.1824-30. Water-colour; 152 by 203 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Purchased by W.G. Archer at Patna in 1948 from the family collection of Ishw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824-1830
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4035

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4035
Title:
La Martiniere(??), the house of Colonel Martin, at Lucknow
Scope & Content:
La Martinière, the house of Colonel Martin, at Lucknow. By a Delhi artist, c.1830-40. Inscribed on back: ‘India’. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; black rule border; 145 by 184 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Views of Lucknow buildings were at times i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4123

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4123
Title:
The so-called Tumkum house outside Madurai
Scope & Content:
The so-called Tumkum house outside Madurai. Inscribed on the back in pencil: ‘Madura, A.W. Phillips, 1858; 6.’. By a Madurai artist, 1858. Water-colour on paper; 204 by 252 mm. Transferred from the National Army Museum, 1980. Note: The drawing belonged to Alexander William Phillips, Madras ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4684

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4684
Title:
A Nautch at Hindu Rao's House
Scope & Content:
A Nautch at Hindu Rao’s House. By a Delhi artist,’ c’.1840. Water-colour and gouache on paper; 178 by 286 mm. Purchased 1994. Exhibited and published in the Loan Exhibition of Antiquities at the Coronation Durbar, 1911, under the above title; pl.LXVa. Note: Hindu Rao was a famous inhabitant...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4691

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4691
Title:
Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. Artist(s): Jairam Das (fl.1830s)
Scope & Content:
Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. By the Patna artist, Jairam Das, 1836. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Gyah 1836. Jairam fecit.’. Water-colour heightened with white: 150 by 205 mm. Purchased 1994. Note: Jairam Das was an artist much used by Sir Charles D’Oyl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5475, f.47v(a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.47v(a)
Title:
South view of Begum Samru's house From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘South view of Her late Highness the Begum Sombre’s Palace facing the Chandnee Chowk or Principal Street.’ Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i … Baygam Sumru sahib.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item