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1. Add Or 4282

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Add Or 4282
Title:
A contrivance for raising water from a well for irrigation.
Scope & Content:
A contrivance for raising water from a well for irrigation. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Raising Water’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4604

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4604
Title:
Plan and section of mouth of well. Further details of Add.Or.4599 and Add.Or.4602.. Artist(s): Bholanath (fl. 1855)
Scope & Content:
‘Plan and section of mouth of well.’ Further details of Add.Or.4599 and Add.Or.4602. Inscribed in ink on verso: ‘Done in Agra Jail 1855’. Lithograph, hand coloured. 25 by 33 cm (paper size).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4784

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4784
Title:
A Persian-wheel system for raising water. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A Persian-wheel system for raising water, being driven by a pair of oxen, with the cantonments of Saharanpur and Lord Moira’s encampment in the distance. Inscribed below: ‘Saharanpore with a Persian wheel for raising water.’ 401 by 586 mm. Watercolour of a Persian-wheel from 'Views by Seeta R...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4792

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4792
Title:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane, a closer view of the previous. Beyond is a range of hills. Inscribed below: ‘Water wheel upon the principal of the inclined plane and the water raised in Bullock’s hide in front.’ 411 by 593 mm. W...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4910

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4910
Title:
A grove with a large well near Udhua Nullah. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A grove with a large well. Inscribed below in pencil and ink: ‘An Indara (or large Well. near Ouda Nala.’ 203 by 336 mm. Watercolour of a grove near Udhua Nullah from an album of miscellaneous views of Bengal produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1821
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 5340, f.16

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5340, f.16
Title:
Women and children in a bathroom in the verandah of a house. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
Scope & Content:
Women and children in a bathroom in the verandah of a house. Inscribed below: ‘Our bath room.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 5475, f.49

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.49
Title:
The baoli at the shrine of Nizamuddin. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘A celebrated Boulee or deep Reservoir adjoining to the Shrine of the Saint Nizamoodeen.’ Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i bavuli-i hazrat-i Nizam al-Din sahib.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5541

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5541
Title:
Two women drawing water from a well with vessels.
Scope & Content:
Two women drawing water from a well with vessels. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Femmes au puit pour chercher de l’eau pour baigner leur mari.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

9. P198

Reference (shelfmark):
P198
Title:
'Dada Hari's Well, Ahmedabad'. Measured and drawn by N.N. Desai, Bombay, 1894. Artist(s): Desai, N.N. (fl.1894)
Scope & Content:
'Dada Hari's Well, Ahmedabad'. Measured and drawn by N.N. Desai, Bombay, 1894.. Artist(s): Desai, N.N. (fl.1894)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 Item

10. ST1062 vol. 5(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
ST1062 vol. 5(12)
Title:
Boulee at Allahabad. From the Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India. By the Rev. Hobart Caunter, B.D. with twenty-two engravings from drawings by William Daniell, R.A. 1838. Artist(s): Redaway, James C, (fl. early/mid 19th century), after Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Boulee at Allahabad. From the Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India. By the Rev. Hobart Caunter, B.D. with twenty-two engravings from drawings by William Daniell, R.A. 1838.. Artist(s): Redaway, James C, (fl. early/mid 19th century), after Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1837-1838
Extent:
1 Item