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191. 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

192. 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

193. 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

194. WD4307

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4307
Title:
Six drawings in an album with paper covers inscribed: 'Unfinished Indian Sketches by Col. White', along with three loose drawings. Artist(s): White, George Francis (1808-1898)
Scope & Content:
Six drawings laid down in an album with paper covers inscribed in pencil: ‘Unfinished Indian Sketches by Col. White’, along with three loose drawings. Album; 50 by 37.8 cm. f.1 ‘Akbar Shah’s Mosque. Cottub Minar. nr. Delhi. Feby. 14th 1843’. Pencil and white chalk; 27.5 by 38.2 cm....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1843
Extent:
1 Item

195. WD4366

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4366
Title:
Fort and tank at Kaithal, two army officers in the foreground. Worked up from an earlier sketch of December 1841. Artist(s): Layard, Frederic Peter (1818-1891)
Scope & Content:
Fort and tank at Kaithal, two army officers in the foreground. Inscribed: ‘Zenan Khana and East Bastion of the Fort of Khytul. F.P. Layard. Sukkur 1842. Sketched 5th December 1841’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
1 Item

196. WD4379

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4379
Title:
Distant view of Benares with two men catching turtles in the foreground from the Mandakini tank.. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Distant view of Benares with two men catching turtles in the foreground. Inscribed on reverse: ‘City from the NW corner of the Mundakinee Tulao, 10 Oct 1826’. Water-colour; 17.6 by 26.5 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: Reproduced in ‘Benares illustrated’, lithographed by J.D. Harding. The tank was...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
1 Item

197. WD4380

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4380
Title:
Building work on the drainage tunnel from the Machhodri tank to the river. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Building work on the drainage tunnel from the Machhodri tank to the river, 1826. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Commencement of the Tunnel near Trilochun Ghat’. Water-colour; 26.6 by 17.6 cm. Purchased 1993. Note: See WD4276 for map of the area and proposed site of the drain and WD4277 for map and c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
1 Item

198. X108(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
X108(24)
Title:
'The village well'. Plate 24 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
'The village well'. Plate 24 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 Item

199. X108(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
X108(33)
Title:
'Akalis at the Holy Tank, Umritsar'. Plate 33 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
'Akalis at the Holy Tank, Umritsar'. Plate 33 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 Item

200. X430(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
X430(6)
Title:
'Water carrier.' Plate 6 from 'A picturesque illustration of the scenery, animals and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, engraved after drawings (from nature) of Samuel Daniell.' London:1808. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837), after Daniell, Samuel (1775-1811)
Scope & Content:
'Water carrier.' Plate 6 from 'A picturesque illustration of the scenery, animals and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, engraved after drawings (from nature) of Samuel Daniell.' London:1808.. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837), after Daniell, Samuel (1775-1811)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item

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