This is an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue while we continue to recover from a cyber-attack.
This catalogue is currently browse-only. The collection item request form is not available at the moment but will be reopened from Monday 15 December. Find out more about our current collection access suspension.
Search
Search Constraints
You searched for:Collection AreaVisual ArtsLevel[41] Item
Castle of Sialkot Punjab. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
Scope & Content:
f.3 Inscribed: 'Castle of Sialkot Punjab, built by Raja Salivahana AD 84. Tradition records, that the S. East bastion continued to fall as fast as built until Salivahana immolated on the site the only son of a Widow.’
Jullalsir or Fount of Glory, Hussun Ubdal Punjaub. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
Scope & Content:
f.6 Inscribed: ‘Jullalsir or Fount of Glory. Hussun Ubdal Punjaub. A spot of much interest to the truly gallant John Nicholson. One of the halts of Lalla Rookh: where Fadladeen indulged his zeal for religion in slaying those lizards, which with drooping heads mock the attitude of prayer of true B...