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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Hastings Albums

1. Add Or 4698

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Add Or 4698
Title:
Grounds of Duncan Campbell's house at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Grounds viewed from the top of a house, the latter’s shadow cast over the grass, with the Ganges beyond and Lord Moira’s pinnance budgerows at the water’s edge. Inscribed below: ‘Grounds of Duncan Campbell Esqr. at Patna.’ 357 by 534 mm. Note: Duncan Campbell, Opium Agent at Patna., 1812-21....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406
Title:
THE HASTINGS ALBUMS 25 albums of drawings by Indian, Chinese and British artists collected by the Earl of Moira (afterwards Marquess of Hastings) and ...
Scope & Content:
THE HASTINGS ALBUMS 25 albums of drawings by Indian, Chinese and British artists collected by the Earl of Moira (afterwards Marquess of Hastings) and his wife when Lord Hastings was Governor-General of Bengal 1813-23. The complete Hastings Collection as acquired by the British Library in 1995 c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1769-1900
Extent:
524 items

3. Add Or 4699

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Add Or 4699
Title:
View of one side of the main street in the Indian city of Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
View of one side of the main street in the Indian city of Patna, with an elephant and carriages. Watercolour of street scene in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Ha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4700

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4700
Title:
Both sides of the main street of Patna, dominated by two facing chattris. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Both sides of the main street of Patna, dominated by two facing ‘chattris.’ Inscribed below: ‘Another view of the great Choke.’ 370 by 532 mm. Watercolour of street sceen in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hasti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4701

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4701
Title:
The opium godown or store within its compound at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The opium godown or store within its compound at Patna. The principal facade has as its basement storey a rusticated arcade and alternating pedimented windows and pilasters. Inscribed below: ‘Opium Godown at Patna.’ 245 by 349 mm. Watercolour of an Opium Godown in Patna from 'Views by Seeta ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4702

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4702
Title:
The inside of the opium godown at Patna, showing a staircase rising on increasingly high arches. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The inside of the opium godown at Patna, showing a staircase rising on increasingly high arches. Inscribed below: ‘Interior view of the same.’ 212 by 236 mm. Watercolour of the interior of an opium factory in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moir...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4703

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4703
Title:
Bird's eye view from above the Opium Godown at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Bird’s eye view from above the Opium Godown at Patna, showing the houses and their grounds to the west, with the Ganges on the right. Sitaram depicts himself sketching on the flat roof of the godown and shows the curve of the earth in the distant prospect. Inscribed below: ‘Bird’s Eye.- view f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4704

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4704
Title:
The old European cemetery at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The old European cemetery at Patna, with obelisk-shaped tombs and monuments, and on the right the pillar above the grave of the victims of Mir Qasim’s massacre of 1763. Inscribed below: ‘European Burying ground at Patna.’ 245 by 355 mm. Watercolour of the European cemetery in Patna from 'View...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4705

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4705
Title:
The shrine of Shah Arzani at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The shrine of Shah Arzani at Patna, surrounded by other tombs and trees. Inscribed below: ‘Shak Amzun a Musselmaun Priest’s Tomb at Patna’ 240 by 350 mm. Watercolour of the Shrine of Shah Arzani in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4706

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4706
Title:
The great Gola on the Maidan at Bankipore. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The great Gola on the Maidan at Bankipore. Inscribed below: ‘The Golah. or Grain Stone’ [sic]’ House at Patna.’ 250 by 352 mm. Watercolour of Bankipore granary from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram bet...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item