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121. WD244

Reference (shelfmark):
WD244
Title:
A well at Shikohabad (U.P.). 17 January 1789. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
A well at Shikohabad (U.P.). 17 January 1789. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Nr 56. Shekoabad-well at’; in pencil: ‘Shekoabad. No.14.’ Pencil and wash; 12 by 19 ins. Purchased 8 June 1953.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1789
Extent:
1 Item

122. WD340

Reference (shelfmark):
WD340
Title:
Distant view across a tank of the Great Temple at Tanjore, with the two gopurams and the temple vimana viewed in a line.. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
Scope & Content:
Distant view of three temples, a tank in the foreground, probably at Tanjore. c.1785. Water-colour; 14.5 by 21 ins. Exhibited: India Moderna, IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 11 December 2008 - 15 February 2009. Published: 'India Moderna,' (Valencia:IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1785
Extent:
1 Item

123. WD362

Reference (shelfmark):
WD362
Title:
The Muharram ceremony being performed in a tank by the tomb of Shah Abdur Rahman, Ellichpur (Berar). Artist(s): Warren, Henry (1794-1879)
Scope & Content:
The Muharram ceremony being performed in a tank by the tomb of Shah ‘Abdur Rahman, Ellichpur (Berar). 1838. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Henry Warren, 1838’; on back in ink: ‘Shrine of Raiman Shah Doola, Elichpoor. Warren. F 206. No.8.’ Water-colour; 8.75 by 13 ins. Purchased 11 May 1955. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 Item

124. WD540(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(18)
Title:
The Oil Wells, Yé-nan-gyoung. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Oil Wells, Yé-nan-gyoung.’ THESE interesting objects are situated at about two miles and-a-half from the town. The road which led to them was marked by nature’s wildest and strangest aspect. High hills, split as it were by some mighty convulsion of nature, resembling a stony avalanche — or...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

125. WD600

Reference (shelfmark):
WD600
Title:
The great tank and embankment at Cumbum on the Gundlakamma River. March 1794
Scope & Content:
(32) The great tank and embankment at Cumbum on the Gundlakamma River. March 1794. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the Great Tank of Cummun & of the Celebrated Embankment across the Gunlacummum River, March 1794.’ Water-colour; 12.5 by 17.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 Item

126. WD606

Reference (shelfmark):
WD606
Title:
Tank and temples at the source of the Musi River. March 1797. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(5) Tank and temples at the source of the Musi River. March 1797. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Bason & Religions Structures at the Source of the Mussy R. - Miles W. of Hyderabad. March 1797.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 7.5 by 14 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

127. WD670

Reference (shelfmark):
WD670
Title:
Tank and Fort of Belagul near Adoni. Artist(s): Ward, Benjamin Swain (1786-1835)
Scope & Content:
(46) Tank and Fort of Belagul near Adonl. 1810. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Tank & Fort of Kaire (?) Bellagull in Adoni - 1810 by B.S.W.’ Water-colour; 10 by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 Item

128. WD715

Reference (shelfmark):
WD715
Title:
The tank, palace and general view of Panna. May 1814. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(41) The tank, palace and general view at Panna. May 1814. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Sketch of the Table Land & the Tank, Palace etc at Penna in Bundelkand from the Table land above the same - by C. McK. May 1814.’ Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.206-7, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

129. WD834

Reference (shelfmark):
WD834
Title:
Machinery (Y-post and long arm) for raising water near Cavaspur (Mysore). 29 December 1805
Scope & Content:
(104) Machinery (Y-post and long arm) for raising water near Cavaspur. 29 December 1805. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Arts. Machinery for raising Water near Cavaspoor. 29th December 1805’; also vernacular names. Water-colour; 10 by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 Item

130. WD1012

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1012
Title:
The Ganges Canal, Roorkee, Saharanpur District (U.P.). Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
The Ganges Canal, Roorkee, Saharanpur District (U.P.). 1863. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Ganges Canal, Roorkee. Wm Simpson. 1863.’ Purchased 4 November 1956. Note: The Ganges Canal was opened by Lord Dalhousie in April 1854. Watercolour of the Ganges Canal at Roorkee in the Saharanpur Dis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 Item

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