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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Tanks

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. Add Or 5475, f.76

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.76
Title:
The reservoir called Hauz-i Shamshi near the Qutb Minar. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘The Hauz Shumshee or Reservoir of Light.’ Note: the reservoir lies on the southern outskirts of Mehrauli and is said to have been built about 1230 by the Sultan Iltutmish.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

4. Mss Eur D1224/37(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1224/37(5)
Title:
Alwar. City Palace. Tank with steps on west of palace. Looking N. W. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from a terrace overlooking the tank, looking along the row of chhatris which line the reservoir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Nov 1953
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F171/55(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171/55(7)
Title:
Sikh Temple, Umritsar, Punjaub [Golden Temple, Amritsar]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '407' in pencil on reverse. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tank towards the temple.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur F191/332(337)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(337)
Title:
Digging a tank. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of the digging of a tank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1928
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur F191/332(356)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(356)
Title:
A pond and a small Kali temple on the road to Surul. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of a pond and a small Kali temple on the road to Surul.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1928
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur F191/332(359)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(359)
Title:
A pond and a small Kali temple on the road to Surul. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a pond and a small Kali temple on the road to Surul.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1928
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur F191/332(422)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(422)
Title:
From Jaipur: First palace court. Under the court is a water tank (Jaipur is at the edge of a desert). The gate covered with fresco; last spring there was an old man from Jaipur in Santiniketan who taught the art of fresco painting. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography From Jaipur: First palace court. Under the court is a water tank (Jaipur is at the edge of a desert). The gate covered with fresco; last spring there was an old man from Jaipur in Santiniketan who taught the art of fresco painting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1928
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur F191/332(547)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(547)
Title:
From Shantiniketan: A village pond in Gopalpara., the nearest Bengali village. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a village pond in Gopalpara., the nearest Bengali village.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1929
Extent:
1 item

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