Album of 79 miscellaneous drawings in the southern Deccan, including Vijayanagar, Bellary, Kurnool etc. Artist(s): Morant, James (1809-1858)
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Album (ff.1-62), cover stamped: ‘Scrap book’, tinted pages with drawings laid down. Drawings dated between 1851 and 1856 mounted in no particular order. Inscriptions on album pages in another hand repeating Morant’s own inscriptions on reverse of drawings where visible. Various media; album s...
Album of drawings made in 1833 while Phillips was a supernumerary Second-Lieutenant at Dum Dum. Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca. Artist(s): Phillips, Joseph Scott (1812-1884)
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Album of drawings (ff.1-46) made in 1833 while Phillips was a supernumerary Second-Lieutenant at Dum Dum. Mostly views, some covering a trip through the Sunderbans to Dacca, in pencil or water-colour, a few removed, leaving inscriptions. Most of the temples he drew on the trip are no longer ex...
Chitpore Road and ‘Black Pagoda’, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, Thomas (1800-1830)
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Chitpore Road and ‘Black Pagoda’ c.1829. Inscribed on album page: ‘Calcutta, Noubruttun-Chitpoor Bazaar’. Water-colour; 18.5 by 21.8 cm. Note: The Black Pagoda, built in 1731 by Govindram Mitter, the ‘Black Zamindar’ (1720-56). In the view published by the Daniells, ‘Views of Calcutta’, 1786...
A general view of the modern temple, great rock sculptures and caves, Mahabalipuram. Artist(s): Gantz, John (1772-1853)
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A general view of the modern temple, great rock sculptures and caves. Inscribed: ‘N.’ ‘Easterly View of the Village Pagodas and adjacent Mountain Mahabalipoorum from an Original sketch by Mr Braddock. J. Gantz’. Note: John Braddock was born in London, arriving in India in August 1813 to work...
The four-pillared mantapam of the Vijayanagar period in front of the unfinished gopuram of the modern temple, Mahabalipuram. Artist(s): Gantz, John (1772-1853)
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The four-pillared ‘mantapam’ of the Vijayanagar period in front of the unfinished ‘gopuram’ of the modern temple. Inscribed: ‘The Muntapom at Mahabalipoorum. J. Gantz’.