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5591. WD1034

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1034
Title:
The Kutb Minar, Delhi. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Water-colour painting of the Qutb Minar at Delhi. c.1830. The artist and the circumstances of acquisition are unrecorded. The Qutb Minar was built by Qutb-u'd-din Aibek from 1199 as part of the Quwwat al-Islam or 'Might of Islam' congregational mosque complex at Delhi. It was designed as a do...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

5592. WD1035

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1035
Title:
Tower of Silence, Bombay. Artist(s): Stevenson, Colonel (c.1860)
Scope & Content:
Watercolour of the Tower of Silence in Bombay by Colonel Stevenson c.1860. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Tower of Silence, India. Col. Stevenson’. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. The Parsi community, followers of the ancient Zoroastrian faith from Persia, are thought to have arrive...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

5593. WD1036, WD3942-3949

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1036, WD3942-3949
Title:
SIMKIN, RICHARD (1840-1926) Simkin specialised in depicting military uniforms and a number of his drawings were reproduced in the latter part of the n ...
Scope & Content:
SIMKIN, RICHARD (1840-1926) Simkin specialised in depicting military uniforms and a number of his drawings were reproduced in the latter part of the nineteenth century. He lived at Aldershot and so could easily get material for military subjects. Although he never visited India, he made numerou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1881-1891
Extent:
9 items

5594. WD1054

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1054
Title:
Mosque of Shah Hamadan, Srinagar (Kashmir). Probably by Henry Warren for the lithograph in Hardinge's Recollections of India (1847). Artist(s): Hardinge, Charles Stewart (1822-1894), after
Scope & Content:
Mosque of Shah Hamadan, Srinagar (Kashmir). 1846. Purchased 13 November 1857. Pencil and wash drawing of the Mosque of Shah Hamadan at Srinagar (Kashmir). This drawing was probably made by Henry Warren for the lithograph 'City of Kashmir. Mosque of Shah Hamadan', published in C.S. Hardinge's ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 Item

5595. WD1055

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1055
Title:
A sketch-book of 36 drawings depicting scenes chiefly in W. India and Mysore. c. 1795-1801. Artist(s): Johnson, John (c.1769-1846)
Scope & Content:
A sketch-book of 36 drawings (36 folios) depicting scenes chiefly in W. India and Mysore. c.1795-1801.A few inscriptions in pencil and ink remain (some relating to Colonel Johnson); others have been trimmed. 1794 water-mark (f.16).Water-colour; size of volume, 10.5 by 16.75 ins.Purchased 3 May 19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1795-1801
Extent:
1 album

5596. WD1056

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1056
Title:
View of a temple on a rock, Veramallai, near Trichinopoly
Scope & Content:
View of a temple on a rock, Veramallai, near Trichinopoly. 1815. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Pagoda on a Rock. At Vera Mallai near Trichinopoly. On the right a Choultry. The steps lead to the botton of a Reservoir of water called a Tank. On the left a species of Banyan Tree. The Trees near t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

5597. WD1057-1060

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1057-1060
Title:
HEEN, A. van der (fl. 1782). WD1057-1060 4 drawings of forts in Bombay. Purchased 10 December 1957. ...
Scope & Content:
HEEN, A. van der (fl. 1782) --------------------- WD1057-1060 4 drawings of forts in Bombay. Purchased 10 December 1957.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1781-1783
Extent:
4 items

5598. WD1070-1091

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1070-1091
Title:
CHEVALIER, NICHOLAS (1828-1902) Engraver and painter of landscapes and topical and historical scenes. Born at St. Petersburg, the son of a Swiss fath ...
Scope & Content:
CHEVALIER, NICHOLAS (1828-1902) Engraver and painter of landscapes and topical and historical scenes. Born at St. Petersburg, the son of a Swiss father and Russian mother, Chevalier went to Lausanne in 1845 to study with Guignard. In 1848 he moved to Munich and in 1851 came to London. Soon afte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1870
Extent:
22 items

5599. WD1092

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1092
Title:
Album of 26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves. Artist(s): Gill, Robert (c.1824-1875)
Scope & Content:
26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves. c.1850. f.1 inscribed: ‘Original Drawings from the Buddhist Temples at Ajanta. By Capt. R. Gill.’ Stamped with East India Company Museum numbers. Pencil, pen-and-ink and wa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 album

5600. WD1093

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1093
Title:
S. end of Bitter Lake, Suez Canal. 3 November 1896. Artist(s): Rybot, Norman Victor Lacey (1876-1961)
Scope & Content:
S. end of Bitter Lake, Suez Canal. 3 November 1896. Artist(s): Rybot, Norman Victor Lacey (1876-1961)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
1 Item

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