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301. Add Or 4276

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4276
Title:
A Hindoo Pagoda. Hindoo Churches.
Scope & Content:
Hindu temples next to a body of water. The temple bears a considerable resemblance to the Great Temple at Tanjore, save that the main tower has been converted into an entrance gateway. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A Hindoo Pagoda. Hindoo Churches.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

302. Add Or 4280

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4280
Title:
Two Hindus making an offering outside a Siva temple.
Scope & Content:
Two Hindus making an offering outside a Siva temple. A statue of Ganesh is shown to the side of the temple in which an image of Siva resides. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Natives making an Offering.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

303. Add Or 4286

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4286
Title:
An Armenian Man and Woman, an Armenian church behind.
Scope & Content:
An Armenian Man and Woman, an Armenian church and ships at sea are shown behind. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘An Armenian Man and Woman,’ an Armenian church behind. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

304. Add Or 4295

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4295
Title:
A view of Fort St. George and the sea front of Madras.
Scope & Content:
A view of Fort St. George and the sea front of Madras. Since the church of St. Mary in the Fort is shown without a spire, the original one having been damaged in the siege of 1746 and dismantled some time after 1767, the view must be dated before the re-erection of the steeple in 1795 Inscribed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

305. Add Or 4299

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4299
Title:
The Svarga Vilasa (Celestial Pavilion) or Throne-room of the palace of Tirumala Nayak (1623-59) at Madurai
Scope & Content:
The Svarga Vilasa (Celestial Pavilion) or Throne-room of the palace of Tirumala Nayak (1623-59) at Madurai, the domed octagonal space surrounded by arcades being used as a court room, the judge on a dais under a punkah and canopy on the right, with clerks and plaintiffs ranged before him. By a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

306. Add Or 4309

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4309
Title:
A page with two drawings of different parts of Hindu temples
Scope & Content:
A page with two drawings of different parts of Hindu temples: the upper, the interior of a dome raised on four columns with chain and bell hanging from its crown; the lower, a long exterior wall, into which three doors give access, two of them revealing rows of columns. By a Calcutta artist, c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1785
Extent:
1 Item

307. Add Or 4312

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4312
Title:
Elevation of the Tower of Fame at Chitor
Scope & Content:
Elevation of one side of the ‘Kirti Stambha’ or Tower of Fame on top of the Rock at Chitor. Inscribed above in nagari in ink: ‘11 gada sri Citrakot uparki rakh babadi gaumukh upare chai Rana Kubaji ko banao kumgano samat 1505 same banao barsa 25 lag kumgano bano titi sabi lakhi sabi lakayu dasa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

308. Add Or 4313

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4313
Title:
One side of a pillar, from the temple of Sri Kalika Mata at Chitor
Scope & Content:
One side of a pillar, from the temple of Sri Kalika Mata at Chitor
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

309. Add Or 4367

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4367
Title:
Four drawings of details of carvings on the Dhamekh Stupa at Sarnath: The east niche.
Scope & Content:
The east niche. 486 by 307 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1785
Extent:
1 Item

310. Add Or 4368

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4368
Title:
Four drawings of details of carvings on the Dhamekh Stupa at Sarnath: The west niche.
Scope & Content:
The west niche. 435 by 302 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1785
Extent:
1 Item

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