View of the ghats and Aurangzeb’s Mosque, Benares (U.P.). 17 December 1819. Artist(s): Cates, James S. (fl. 1815-1819)
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View of the ghats and Aurangzeb’s Mosque, Benares (U.P.). 17 December 1819. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the Minarets at Benares. James S. Cates. 87th Regt Pinxt. December 17th, 1819.’ Watercolour painting of Aurangzeb's Mosque and the ghats at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh by James S. C...
Interior of the Jami Masjid, Tatta (Sind). 10 January 1839. Artist(s): Wingate, T. (fl. 1830-1846)
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Water-colour painting of the interior of the Jami Masjid at Tatta (Sind) by T. Wingate (fl. 1830-1846), 10 January 1839 Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘T. Wingate. Queen's Royal Regt. 10th Jany. 1839’; on back in ink: ‘The Jumma Musjeed in Thatta, Scinde: commenced by Sha Jahan, &_fi...
Mosque of Shah Hamadan, Srinagar (Kashmir). Probably by Henry Warren for the lithograph in Hardinge's Recollections of India (1847). Artist(s): Hardinge, Charles Stewart (1822-1894), after
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Mosque of Shah Hamadan, Srinagar (Kashmir). 1846. Purchased 13 November 1857. Pencil and wash drawing of the Mosque of Shah Hamadan at Srinagar (Kashmir). This drawing was probably made by Henry Warren for the lithograph 'City of Kashmir. Mosque of Shah Hamadan', published in C.S. Hardinge's ...
Mosque and tank, probably near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of a mosque and tank, probably near Chakia (Uttar Pradesh) by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), 20 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘20.1.70.’ Nicholas Chevalier was a painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrator, said to have been born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad...
The Buland Darwaza of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra (U.P.). 1829, from a sketch made in 1827. Artist(s): Amherst, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (1801-1876)
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Watercolour of the Buland Darwaza of the Jami' Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra in Uttar Pradesh, Sarah E. Amherst, 1829, from a sketch made in 1827. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘The Emperor Akbar’s Gateway at Futtehpore Sicri, 22 miles from Agra. From a Sketch taken in 1827. Sarah E. Amherst...
Lucknow (U.P.): the Fort of Machhi Bhawan and the Mosque of Aurangzeb, built on the Lakshman Tila mound; grass cutters by the roadside. Between March and July 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Wash drawing by Henry Salt (1780-1827) of the the Fort of Machhi Bhawan, built on the Lakshman Tila mound, and the Mosque of Aurangzeb, with grass cutters by the roadside, at Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, dated between March and July 1803. Note: Drawing for 'A view at Lucknow', plate ...
Mosque of the great Imambara of Nawab Asaf-ud-daula, Lucknow (U.P.). Between March and July 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Pen-and-ink and wash on proof engraving, by Henry Salt (1780-1827), of the Mosque of the Great Imambara of Nawab Asaf-ud-daula at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, dated between March and July 1803. The Grand Mosque of the Bada Imambara complex of Lucknow was built in the eighteenth century. Note: Dra...
Mosque near Cleveland's monument, Bhagalpur (Bihar). Artist(s): White, John (fl. 1778-1801)
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(f.26) Mosque near Cleveland's monument, Bhagalpur (Bihar). c.1789. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A Mosque-taken to the west of Mr Cleveland's Monument.’ Pencil and water-colour; 8.5 by 11.25 ins. Note: A brick monument was erected by landholders of the district to Augustus Cleveland, Collecto...
Ibrahim Rauza at Bijapur, seen from the north-east. Artist(s): Houghton, William Robert (1826-1897)
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Ibrahim Rauza, tomb and mosque complex of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, at Bijapur, seen from the north-east. c.1875. Inscribed on back with quotation from Grant Duff's ‘History of the Marathas’. Oil on paper; 10 by 14 ins.