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1. WD1070

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1070
Title:
View of Bombay Harbour. January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Water-colour painting of Mumbai Harbour by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in January 1870. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Bombay. Originally, Mumbai (Bombay) was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. Its deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers of the 16th century to ca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD1070-1091

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1070-1091
Title:
CHEVALIER, NICHOLAS (1828-1902) Engraver and painter of landscapes and topical and historical scenes. Born at St. Petersburg, the son of a Swiss fath ...
Scope & Content:
CHEVALIER, NICHOLAS (1828-1902) Engraver and painter of landscapes and topical and historical scenes. Born at St. Petersburg, the son of a Swiss father and Russian mother, Chevalier went to Lausanne in 1845 to study with Guignard. In 1848 he moved to Munich and in 1851 came to London. Soon afte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1870-1870
Extent:
22 items

3. WD1071

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1071
Title:
View of Bombay Harbour. January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Water-colour painting of Mumbai Harbour by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in January 1870. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Bombay.’ Originally, Mumbai (Bombay) was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. Its deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers of the 16th century to c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD1072

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1072
Title:
Water-fall on the Karamnasa river and Latif Shah's Durga near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Water-fall on the Karamnasa river and Latif Shah's Durga near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Lateewcha waterfall on the Kurumnassa near’ ‘Chukeea. Luteaf Shah's Durgah. 20.1.70.’The tomb of Latif Shah, a celebrated local saint, faces the waterfalls of Karamnas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD1073

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1073
Title:
Mosque and tank, probably near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of a mosque and tank, probably near Chakia (Uttar Pradesh) by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), 20 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘20.1.70.’ Nicholas Chevalier was a painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrator, said to have been born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD1074

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1074
Title:
The Kutb Minar, Delhi. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil and wash drawing of the Qutb Minar at Delhi by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘N.’ ‘Chevalier.’ The Qutb Minar was built by Qutb-u'd-din Aibek from 1199 as part of the Quwwat al-Islam or 'Might of Islam' congregational mosque complex at Delhi. It ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD1075

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1075
Title:
The Taj Mahal, Agra (U. P.). 24 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil and wash drawing of the Taj Mahal at Agra, Uttar Pradesh by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), 24 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Taj. Agra. 24/1/70.’ The Taj Mahal was built on the banks of the river Jumna at Agra by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Ma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD1076

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1076
Title:
Palace by a tank, Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana). 26 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of a palace by a tank at Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana) by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 26th January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Deeg. 26.1.70.’ Nicholas Chevalier was a painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrator, said to have been born in St. Petersburg (L...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD1077

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1077
Title:
Pavilion by a tank, Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana). 26 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of a pavilion by a tank at Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana) by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 26th January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Deeg. Pavilion overlooking the Ghaut. 26.1.70’; also notes. Nicholas Chevalier was a painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD1078

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1078
Title:
Summer Palace of the Raja, Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana). 29 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil, pastel and wash drawing of the Summer Palace of the Raja, Dig, Bharatpur, by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 29 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Deeg. Summer Palace of the Rajah of Bhurtpoor. N. Chevalier. 29.1.70.’ Bharatpur State was founded in 1722 by the Sinsin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item