Ruins of the citadel in Pondicherry after the attack by the British; McClean shown sketching in the foreground. 8 September 1762. Artist(s): McClean, John (d.1768)
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Pen and ink and wash drawing by John McClean (d.1768) of the ruins of the citadel in Pondicherry after the attack by the British; McClean is shown sketching in the foreground, dated 8th September 1762. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘To the Honble George Pigot Esq. President of the Council & G...
Old Council House, Calcutta. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Pen and ink wash drawing of the Old Council House at Calcutta in West Bengal by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) and his nephew William Daniell (1769-1837) dated c.1792. Purchased 4 June 1958. This image is the original drawing for plate 3 of part 2 of the Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery' that was publ...
Shivala Ghat, Benares (U.P.), with the Daniells' budgerow and a morpunkhi on the river. Original sketch taken 17 or 22 November 1789.. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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Water-colour painting of Shivala Ghat at Benares (now known as Varanasi) in Uttar Pradesh with the Daniells' budgerow and a 'morpunkhi' on the river by Thomas (1749-1840) and William (1769-1837) Daniell in 1789. The original sketch was taken 17 or 22 November 1789, by William Daniell. Inscribe...
Calcutta: view taken from the house of Thomas Graham in Chowringhee with Fort William and the Hooghly in the background. January or February 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Calcutta: view taken from the house of Thomas Graham in Chowringhee with Fort William and the Hooghly in the background. January or February 1803. Note: Drawing for 'Calcutta', plate 3, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 61-3, 235-9. The drawing is a preparatory work for plate 3 'Calcutta' of h...
View within the Fort of Monghyr (Bihar), with in the foreground the shrine of Shah Nafah erected in 1497 by Prince Daniyal, son of Ala al-Din Husain of Bengal, with Muslim graves around it. In the distance the hill-top house of the fort Commander.. A
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Wash drawing by Henry Salt (1780-1827) of a view within the Fort of Monghyr (Munger, now in Bihar), dated February or September 1803. Inscribed on front in water-colour; ‘View of ... in India.’ Note: Drawing for 'A view within the Fort of Monghyr', plate 4, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 86-...
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...
Coconut groves and village by the river: view near Point de Galle (Ceylon). Between December 1803 and January 1804. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Wash drawing, by Henry Salt (1780-1827), of coconut groves and a village by the river near Point de Galle in Sri Lanka, dated between December 1803 and January 1804. This is the original drawing for 'View near Point de Galle, Ceylon', plate 8, of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, t...
The Temple at Rameswaram, with a procession at the gate and an elephant passing. 25 January 1804. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Pen-and-ink and wash drawing, by Henry Salt (1780-1827), of the Temple at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, with a procession at the gate and an elephant passing by, dated 25th January 1804. Note: Drawing for 'Pagoda at Ramisseram', plate 9,’ Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 339-42. Reproduced: Archer...
A temple at Tanjore. Between 30 January and 2 February 1804. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
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Pen-and-ink and wash on proof engraving of a temple at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu Between 30 January and 2 February 1804. Note: 'Pagoda at Tanjore', plate 10, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, i, 351-68. This image forms plate 10, 'Pagoda at Tanjore', of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena...
