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Single storied house with portico, Madras, sentries guarding the entrance. A carriage drawn up at the steps and a palanquin in the shade of a nearby tree. Artist(s): Locker, Edward Hawke (1777-1849)
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Single storied house with portico, sentries guarding the entrance. A carriage drawn up at the steps and a palanquin in the shade of a nearby tree. Inscribed: ‘E.H. Locker. Madras. 1808’ and on original mount: ‘The Admiralty Gardens at Madras. Edward Hawke Locker delint. October 1808’. Wat...
Interior of the Chowringhee Theatre, Calcutta, from the circle looking towards the stage, showing the first few rows of seats. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
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Interior of the Chowringhee Theatre, from the circle looking towards the stage, showing the first few rows of seats. Inscribed: ‘All the rest rows of benches, Counsillers box and Govr. Genl. box’. On original mount: ‘Chowringhee Theatre holds about 800 persons in the boxes and 200 in the pit. ...
Entrance to the cave temple of Karle. Copy of an original sketch of 1805. Artist(s): Byers, James Broff (1785-1870)
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Entrance to the cave temple of Karle. Inscribed on reverse: ‘View of the Entrance, or External Appearance of the magnificent Cave of Karlee situated between Bombay and the Mahratta city, Poonah. The original sketch from which I have now made this drawing was taken on my first visit to this won...
View from the fort of Pratapgarh. Artist(s): Carpenter, William (1818-1899)
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View from the fort of Pratapgarh. Inscribed: ‘The Ghats Mahableshwur seen from the fortress of Pertabghur Nvr/50’, repeated on reverse. Water-colour; 17.5 by 25 cm.
'Countryhouse of Holkar. Nr. Artillery lines - Poonah' and on reverse: 'Countryhouse of Holkar in ruins nr. Artillery lines - Poonah'. Artist(s): Carpenter, William (1818-1899)
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‘Countryhouse of Holkar. Nr. Artillery lines - Poonah’ and on reverse: ‘Countryhouse of Holkar in ruins nr. Artillery lines - Poonah’. Note: The house of Jaswant Rao Holkar who defeated Sindhia at the battle of Poona, 1802. Water-colour with some scratching out; 12.5 by 17.5 cm.