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Language Not applicable Name Venn, Thomas Walters, 1882-1973

271. Photo 146/1(271)

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Title:
Ramnatah Temple, near Sadashevgad. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography [It is] where a notorious dacoit named Gidda Gomerjee, who had terrorised the district for twenty years had taken up quarters with his followers. A detachment of the 1-3rd Battery of Sepoys (2-5th Mahratta Light Infantry) from the fort was sent out to round up t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

272. Photo 146/1(272)

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Title:
Sadashevgad, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Part of the ramparts of Sadashevgad with a domed look-out post at the angle. It could also cover teh flanks of the curtain walls with musketry fire. On the north bank of the Kalavati river. It was built only in 1715 by the Rajah of Sonda as a block of between ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

273. Photo 146/1(273)

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The inner archway of the main gate. Sadashevgad, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography It seems to have been roofed over when it contained a garrison. The place is in ruins and much overgrown; but the avenue of casuarina trees must have been planted about 80 years ago, say 1850. On the north bank of the Kalavati river. It was built only in 1715 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

274. Photo 146/1(274)

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Photo 146/1(274)
Title:
The Kalavati river running past the base of the fort. Sadashevgad, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography It is named so (the Black river) because of its sombre complexion. At the point pictured it is, of course, tidal, being within a short distance of its embouchure into Karwar Bay. On the north bank of the Kalavati river. It was built only in 1715 by the Rajah of So...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

275. Photo 146/1(275)

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Title:
Sadashevgad Cemetery. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
There are seven graves, three of which (including an officer's lady) bore inscriptions in 1930. Perhaps young Hodges was the first to be laid here, though nothing confirms that. Another may be a Capt. Stewart who died near Karwar in 1800; but the last troops to garrison Sadashewgad was a company...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

276. Photo 146/1(276)

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Photo 146/1(276)
Title:
Sadashevgad Cemetery. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
There are seven graves, three of which (including an officer's lady) bore inscriptions in 1930. Perhaps young Hodges was the first to be laid here, though nothing confirms that. Another may be a Capt. Stewart who died near Karwar in 1800; but the last troops to garrison Sadashewgad was a company...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

277. Photo 146/1(277)

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Photo 146/1(277)
Title:
Sunkeri Church at Old Karwar, a mile or two upriver from Sadashevgad. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography It is close by the site where the English factory once stood, as one old account describes it - "a stately mansion", but there is now no trace of it. When after many vicissitudes and armed conflicts with the Soonda rajah, the Hon'ble Company withdrew they presen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

278. Photo 146/1(278)

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Photo 146/1(278)
Title:
Interior of Sunkeri Church at Old Karwar. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography It is close by the site where the English factory once stood, as one old account describes it - "a stately mansion", but there is now no trace of it. When after many vicissitudes and armed conflicts with the Soonda rajah, the Hon'ble Company withdrew they presen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

279. Photo 146/1(279)

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Title:
Corumgarh, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A fortified rock near the mouth of the Kalinadi river and within cannon shot of Sedashevgad.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

280. Photo 146/1(280)

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Photo 146/1(280)
Title:
Near Majali. Karwar Bay, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item