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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Tanks Level [40] File

1. Add Or 4867

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4867
Title:
The Buria Tal, an octagonal domed building in a masonry tank, at Itimadpur.. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The Buria Tal, an octagonal domed building in a masonry tank with a arched causeway. Inscribed below: ‘Tomb of the Booriaka Tallah.’ 384 by 585 mm. Watercolour of the Buria Tal from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Agra to Barrackpore Vol. X' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5252

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5252
Title:
The sacred pool at Balaju, with a Political Officer approaching on horseback a group of Newars.
Scope & Content:
The pool at Balaju, a tank with many images and fountains laid out in the 18th century north of Kathmandu, with a British Political Officer approaching on horseback a group of Newars. Inscribed in pencil on front: ‘Bala Ji. Flowing Tank. 2 miles north of Khatmandu;’ (on reverse:) ‘Temple. Tan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

3. ORB.30.5369(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30.5369(3)
Title:
The Palace of Baz Bahadoor [Mandu]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Distant view of Baz Bahadur's Palace (1509), with a tank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892
Extent:
1 item

4. ORB.30.5369(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30.5369(4)
Title:
The Palace of Rupmuttee [Mandu]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Rupmati Mahal, surmounted by two (later) pavilions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892
Extent:
1 item

5. P971

Reference (shelfmark):
P971
Title:
Une pagoda à Madurai. (Juillet 1841.) [The Teppakulam tank.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of the The Teppakulam tank at Madurai by L.H. Rudder after the original drawing by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of 1841 and dated 1848.The temple city of Madurai is dominated by the imposing complex of Minakshi Sundareshvara, one of the major architectural achievements of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item

6. Photo 29(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(7)
Title:
The Esplanade and Government House from Chowringhee [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1704 in the negative. View from the north end of Chowringhee Road beside the carriage stand, looking north-west across the Dhurrumtollah Tank towards the façades of houses along Esplanade Row, with Government House at the extreme left. The flat-fronted, v...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 29(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(21)
Title:
The Esplanade. Panoramic view from the [Ochterlony] Monument [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1718 in the negative. Section 4 of Bourne's seven-part panorama of Calcutta from the Ochterlony Monument. The view looks north-east across the Dhurrumtollah Tank towards Esplanade Row, with tents pitched in the foreground. The most prominent building in t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 29(24a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(24a)
Title:
Chowringhee Road. Panoramic view from the [Ochterlony] Monument [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1721 in the negative. Section 7 of Bourne's seven-part panorama of Calcutta from the Ochterlony Monument. The view looks south along Chowringhee Road, with the Monohurdass Tank in the foreground and General's Tank beyond. The spire of St Paul's Cathedral ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 29(24b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(24b)
Title:
Chowringhee Road. Panoramic view from the [Ochterlony] Monument [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1721 in the negative. Seventh part of Bourne's panoramic view from the Ochterlony Monument, looking in a south-easterly direction along Chowringhee Road. Duplicate of print 24a. Exhibited, Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol, India: Pioneering Photog...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 29(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(34)
Title:
Rustic scene in Bengal. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1731 in the negative. From Bourne's Rustic scenes and village life in Bengal series, photographed in the Calcutta area. a view looking across a palm-fringed tank towards the brick and thatch houses of a village.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item