Main gateway of the temple in the fort, Vellore. At the side is a fives court with army officers sitting in an upper gallery
Scope & Content:
Main gateway of the temple in the fort, Vellore. At the side is a fives court with army officers sitting in an upper gallery. c.1815. Water-colour; 26.5 by 42.5 cm. Purchased 1952.
'Square at Bangalore' and on reverse: 'The Entrance of Tippoo’s Palace, Bangalore Feby. 92'. Artist(s): Hunter, James (d. 1792)
Scope & Content:
‘Square at Bangalore’ and on reverse: ‘The Entrance of Tippoo’s Palace, Bangalore Feby. 92’ Water-colour; 28 by 42.5 cm. Purchased 1967. Note: This is probably the original water-colour from which an aquatint by J.C. Stadler was made for ‘Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore’, publish...
Front view of Mahishamardani cave, Mahabalipuram. Artist(s): Dibdin, Thomas Colman (1810-1893)
Scope & Content:
Front view of Mahishamardani cave, Mahabalipuram, c.1845. Wash heightened with white; 33.3 by 24 cm. Purchased 1967. Note: A drawing by Dibdin for his lithograph reproduced in J. Fergusson ‘Illustrations of the rock cut temples of India’, London, 1845, plate 17. Dibdin’s drawings were worked...
Pillar in front of Chandranatha Jain temple, Mudbidri
Scope & Content:
Pillar in front of Chandranatha Jain temple, Mudbidri. c.1815. Inscribed: ‘Elevation and Front View of a Pillar (formed of a Granite 52½ feet from the surface of the Earth in Height) placed facing the Pagoda at Morbidry’. Pen and ink and wash; 46.2 by 36.7cm. Purchased 1952, together with Ad...
The Qutb Minar, Delhi. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
Scope & Content:
The Qutb Minar, Delhi. Inscribed: ‘The Kootoob - near Delhi. G.F. White delt. 15th Decr. 1838’. Pencil and ink; 19 by 28.2 cm. Purchased 1970. Note: In 1803 the Qutb Minar sustained damage during an earthquake, including the collapse of the upper storey. The repairs and renovations were m...
Exterior of the Western Gate of Penulla, a Marhatta Fortress. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
Scope & Content:
f.1 Panhala fort, Kolhapur State. Inscribed: ‘The Gate of Panulla from ye outside CWC 1846’ and on reverse: ‘The Outside of the Western Gate at Penulla, here it was that all the hard fighting took place when the fort was stormed’. Below: ‘No.1. Exterior of the Western Gate of Penulla, a Marhatta ...
Interior of the Western Gateway of Penulla. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
Scope & Content:
f.2 Inscribed: ‘The gate of Penulla 1846’ and on reverse: ‘The inside of the Western Gate of Penulla’. Below: ‘No.2. Interior of the Western Gateway of Penulla’
The Falls of Garsippa, on the Western Coast. Artist(s): Crump, Charles Wade (1825-1857)
Scope & Content:
f.3 Gersoppa Falls. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The falls of Garsippa in the north of Canara said to be the highest in the world, the water when full falls over the entire horseshoe in an unbroken fall of 1000 ft to the bottom, the larger pool has been fathomed, the plummet descended 300 ft before it ...
