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1. 455.c.8(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
455.c.8(60)
Title:
'Peasants at a well in Hindostan. Sketched by Baron de Montalembert, 1807.' Pl. 60, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Montalambert, Baron de (fl. c.1810)
Scope & Content:
'Peasants at a well in Hindostan. Sketched by Baron de Montalembert, 1807.' Pl. 60, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813.. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Montalambert, Baron de (fl. c.1810)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

2. 1787.d.7, 2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(15)
Title:
Chain pumps [on the bank of the Han River above Swatow.] Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the riverbank, with men working irrigation chain pumps in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 70650 A(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(153)
Title:
Dulab — water drawer for the fields. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a farmer drawing water from a well with a wooden hoist, at Dulab in Kerman Province, southern Iran.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Add Or 670

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 670
Title:
Irrigating with bullocks
Scope & Content:
Irrigating with bullocks. Inscribed: ‘Bullocks drawing water out of a Well for watering a garden.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4282

Reference (shelfmark):
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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Add Or 5475, f.76

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.76
Title:
The reservoir called Hauz-i Shamshi near the Qutb Minar. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘The Hauz Shumshee or Reservoir of Light.’ Note: the reservoir lies on the southern outskirts of Mehrauli and is said to have been built about 1230 by the Sultan Iltutmish.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

10. 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

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