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61. WD4271

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4271
Title:
Plan of part of the Biseswar temple and ghats, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Plan of part of the Biseswar temple and ghats. Pen and ink.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1829
Extent:
1 Item

62. WD4272

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4272
Title:
Plan and view of the pontoon bridge over the Ganges, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Plan and view of the pontoon bridge over the Ganges. On reverse a cross section of the river showing high and low water marks. Inscribed: ‘Section of BC. The dotted line shows the Level of the small Buttress A whence the rest were measured. The Channel of the Burna was in 1823-4 50 feet broa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1823-1824
Extent:
1 Item

63. WD4273

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4273
Title:
Map of the confluence of the Barna and Ganges rivers with temples and the old fort on the left and brick kiln on the right, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Map of the confluence of the Barna and Ganges rivers with temples and the old fort on the left and brick kiln on the right. Pen and ink and water-colour.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1829
Extent:
1 Item

64. WD4274

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4274
Title:
Plan of a group of buildings on Dal-ki-Mandi, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Plan of a group of buildings on Dal-ki-Mandi. Inscribed: ‘Meer Roostum Ulee Ka Suraj. Dewan Shookr Oollah. Dal Kee Mundei’. On reverse plans of a densely built section of the city. Pencil and wash. Note: Drawings used to compile Prinsep’s map of Benares made in 1822.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 Item

65. WD4275

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4275
Title:
Cross section of river bank and bed showing geological strata, water levels and site of proposed drain, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Cross section of river bank and bed showing geological strata, water levels and site of proposed drain. Pen and ink and water-colour.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1829
Extent:
1 Item

66. WD4276

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4276
Title:
Map of the area around the Machhodri tank, Benares, with cross sections showing relative water levels of the marsh and the river, and the site of the proposed drain. With notes and measurements. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Map of the area around the Machhodri tank with cross sections showing relative water levels of the marsh and the river, and the site of the proposed drain. With notes and measurements. Pen and ink and water-colour. Note: The tank, formerly a marsh, was drained by Prinsep.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1829
Extent:
1 Item

67. WD4277

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4277
Title:
Map and cross section of the drainage tunnel from the Machhodri tank to the river, Benares, with elevation and cross section of the tunnelling process and drawings of the equipment used. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Map and cross section of the drainage tunnel from the Machhodri tank to the river with elevation and cross section of the tunnelling process and drawings of the equipment used. Inscribed: ‘Plan of the Mutsyoduree Tunnel. Proposed 30th April 1825. Sanctioned 2nd June 1825. Commenced masonry 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

68. WD4278

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4278
Title:
Plan of the smaller mosque of Aurangzeb with elevation of the north minaret, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Plan of the smaller mosque of Aurangzeb with elevation of the north minaret. Inscribed: ‘Plan of the Madhoray musjid Benares. J. Prinsep Novr. 1823’ with notes and measurements. Pen and ink and wash. Note: The minarets were taken down and restored under James Prinsep’s direction as the found...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1823
Extent:
1 Item

69. WD4284

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4284
Title:
Sketch map of the Barna river from Garstin’s bridge to the Old Fort, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Sketch map of the Barna river from Garstin’s bridge to the Old Fort. Inscribed: ‘Part of the Burna Nala survey in Janry. 1824 by James Prinsep’, with scale and main places identified. Pen and ink and wash; 31 by 82 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
1 Item

70. WD4374

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4374
Title:
Muharram festival procession. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Muharram festival procession. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Procession of the Tazeeas during the Moohurram at the P.hatman a Moosulman Burial Ground - Benares’. Water-colour; 25.4 by 17.4 cm. Purchased 1994. Note: Reproduced in ‘Benares illustrated’, lithographed by G. Barnard, '.... the spot in wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1831
Extent:
1 Item