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11. Add Or 4792

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Add Or 4792
Title:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane, a closer view of the previous. Beyond is a range of hills. Inscribed below: ‘Water wheel upon the principal of the inclined plane and the water raised in Bullock’s hide in front.’ 411 by 593 mm. W...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

12. Add Or 4867

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4867
Title:
The Buria Tal, an octagonal domed building in a masonry tank, at Itimadpur.. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The Buria Tal, an octagonal domed building in a masonry tank with a arched causeway. Inscribed below: ‘Tomb of the Booriaka Tallah.’ 384 by 585 mm. Watercolour of the Buria Tal from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Agra to Barrackpore Vol. X' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

13. Add Or 4910

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4910
Title:
A grove with a large well near Udhua Nullah. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A grove with a large well. Inscribed below in pencil and ink: ‘An Indara (or large Well. near Ouda Nala.’ 203 by 336 mm. Watercolour of a grove near Udhua Nullah from an album of miscellaneous views of Bengal produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1821
Extent:
1 Item

14. Add Or 5252

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5252
Title:
The sacred pool at Balaju, with a Political Officer approaching on horseback a group of Newars.
Scope & Content:
The pool at Balaju, a tank with many images and fountains laid out in the 18th century north of Kathmandu, with a British Political Officer approaching on horseback a group of Newars. Inscribed in pencil on front: ‘Bala Ji. Flowing Tank. 2 miles north of Khatmandu;’ (on reverse:) ‘Temple. Tan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

15. 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

16. Add Or 5352

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5352
Title:
The town and lake at Jhalrapatan (Jhalawar), with a sepoy and peasants working an irrigation system in the foregound.
Scope & Content:
The town and lake at Jhalrapatan (Jhalawar), with a sepoy and peasants working an irrigation system in the foregound. Inscribed below: ‘A view of the Lake and Town of Jalra Patun. No. 12.’ 295 by 500 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 Item

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Godwin Photo 6/2(168)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 6/2(168)
Title:
Barbican Exhibition Print: Land drained for forestry, snow, nr Lairg, Sutherland, 1989. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Square format print of a gently undulating area of land with freshly tilled soil that has produced rows of straight lines, made all the more striking by the light covering of snow; the area close to the viewer is fairly waterlogged. Mounted on card 505 x 404 mm, ins...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 item

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