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Archive Reference (shelfmark) WD2391-WD4296, F145, F165 Language Not applicable

1. Foster 145

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 145
Title:
Charakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival.. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Charakpuja, the Hook-swinging Festival, 1831 In the centre stands a pole with two cross-pieces, from the extremities of which three devotees are suspended by ropes. A fourth stands in the foreground on the right with hooks fixed in his back ready to take his turn. The pole is surrounded by a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 Item

2. Foster 165

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 165
Title:
A Sati or Widow-burning. A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background.. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
A Sati or Widow-burning, 1831 A night scene with a full moon and dark trees in the background. The corpse is lying on the lighted funeral pyre with one wife stretched beside, while another is seen approaching. A trumpet is sounding and a number of spectators, including a mounted figure, fill ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD2391

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2391
Title:
Amir Dost Muhammad Khan. Three-quarter length portrait. The Amir is looking half left, with hands clasped. He has a brown beard and wears a gold and crimson turban. 27 November 1840. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Amir Dost Muhammad Khan. Three-quarter length portrait. The Amir is looking half left, with hands clasped. He has a brown beard and wears a gold and crimson turban. 27 November 1840. Inscribed on mount: ‘Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan. Taken from life at Jellalabad. Novr 27th 1840 by James Atkins...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD2391-WD4296, F145, F165

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2391-WD4296, F145, F165
Title:
ATKINSON, JAMES (1780-1852) Atkinson entered the Bengal Medical Service in 1805 and was a Civil Surgeon until 1813. From 1813 to 1828 he was Assay Ma ...
Scope & Content:
ATKINSON, JAMES (1780-1852) Atkinson entered the Bengal Medical Service in 1805 and was a Civil Surgeon until 1813. From 1813 to 1828 he was Assay Master of the Mint and for a time was Officiating Deputy Professor of Persian at the Fort William College. In 1818 he became Superintendent of the G...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1831-1841
Extent:
21 items

5. WD2392

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2392
Title:
Rohri and the island fortress of Bakhar (Sind). Tents on left near river, baggage camels, bullocks and goats in foreground. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Rohri and the island fortress of Bakhar (Sind). Tents on left near river, baggage camels, bullocks and goats in foreground. ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan,’ plate 2. Inscribed on mount: ‘The Town of Roree, and the Fortress of Bukker on the Indus.’ Foster Catalogue, no.159.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD2393

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2393
Title:
Dadhar and the entrance to the Bolan Pass (Baluchistan). Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Dadhar and the entrance to the Bolan Pass (Baluchistan). ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan’, plate 3. Inscribed on mount: ‘The Encampment at Dadur with the Entrance to the Bolan Pass.’ Foster Catalogue, no.153.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD2394

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2394
Title:
Sepoys attacking Baluchi snipers in the Siri-Kajur Pass (Baluchistan). Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Sepoys attacking Baluchi snipers in the Siri-Kajur Pass (Baluchistan). ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan,’ plate 6. Inscribed on mount: ‘The wild pass of Siri-Kajoor.’ Foster Catalogue, no.151.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD2395

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2395
Title:
The narrow pass above the Siri Bolan (Baluchistan); Baluchi snipers attacking British troops from the heights as they pass through. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
The narrow pass above the Siri Bolan (Baluchistan); Baluchi snipers attacking British troops from the heights as they pass through. ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan’, plate 7. Inscribed on mount: ‘The opening into the narrow pass above the Siri Bolan.’ Foster Catalogue, no.150.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD2396

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2396
Title:
Approach to Quetta (Baluchistan); Sir John Keane and staff in middle distance. Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
Approach to Quetta (Baluchistan); Sir John Keane and staff in middle distance. ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan,’ plate 8. Inscribed on mount: ‘The approach to the Fortress of Kwettah.’ Foster Catalogue, no.158.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD2397

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2397
Title:
The British troops emerging from the defile in the Khojak Pass (Baluchistan). Artist(s): Atkinson, James (1780-1852)
Scope & Content:
The British troops emerging from the defile in the Khojak Pass (Baluchistan). ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan’, plate 10. Inscribed on mount: ‘The troops emerging from the narrow part of the defile in the Kojak Pass.’ Foster Catalogue, no.152.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item