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1. Add Or 4867

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4867
Title:
The Buria Tal, an octagonal domed building in a masonry tank, at Itimadpur.. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The Buria Tal, an octagonal domed building in a masonry tank with a arched causeway. Inscribed below: ‘Tomb of the Booriaka Tallah.’ 384 by 585 mm. Watercolour of the Buria Tal from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Agra to Barrackpore Vol. X' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5252

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5252
Title:
The sacred pool at Balaju, with a Political Officer approaching on horseback a group of Newars.
Scope & Content:
The pool at Balaju, a tank with many images and fountains laid out in the 18th century north of Kathmandu, with a British Political Officer approaching on horseback a group of Newars. Inscribed in pencil on front: ‘Bala Ji. Flowing Tank. 2 miles north of Khatmandu;’ (on reverse:) ‘Temple. Tan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

3. P971

Reference (shelfmark):
P971
Title:
Une pagoda à Madurai. (Juillet 1841.) [The Teppakulam tank.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of the The Teppakulam tank at Madurai by L.H. Rudder after the original drawing by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of 1841 and dated 1848.The temple city of Madurai is dominated by the imposing complex of Minakshi Sundareshvara, one of the major architectural achievements of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD17

Reference (shelfmark):
WD17
Title:
A distant view of Tanjore across a tank; a boat and two villagers in the foreground. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
Scope & Content:
A distant view of Tanjore across a tank; a boat and two villagers in the foreground. c.1785. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Distant view of Tanjore. Trapaud’; on back in ink: ‘Distant view of Tanjore.’ Water-colour; 14.75 by 20.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1785
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD340

Reference (shelfmark):
WD340
Title:
Distant view across a tank of the Great Temple at Tanjore, with the two gopurams and the temple vimana viewed in a line.. Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
Scope & Content:
Distant view of three temples, a tank in the foreground, probably at Tanjore. c.1785. Water-colour; 14.5 by 21 ins. Exhibited: India Moderna, IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 11 December 2008 - 15 February 2009. Published: 'India Moderna,' (Valencia:IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1785
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD600

Reference (shelfmark):
WD600
Title:
The great tank and embankment at Cumbum on the Gundlakamma River. March 1794
Scope & Content:
(32) The great tank and embankment at Cumbum on the Gundlakamma River. March 1794. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the Great Tank of Cummun & of the Celebrated Embankment across the Gunlacummum River, March 1794.’ Water-colour; 12.5 by 17.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD606

Reference (shelfmark):
WD606
Title:
Tank and temples at the source of the Musi River. March 1797. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(5) Tank and temples at the source of the Musi River. March 1797. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Bason & Religions Structures at the Source of the Mussy R. - Miles W. of Hyderabad. March 1797.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 7.5 by 14 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD670

Reference (shelfmark):
WD670
Title:
Tank and Fort of Belagul near Adoni. Artist(s): Ward, Benjamin Swain (1786-1835)
Scope & Content:
(46) Tank and Fort of Belagul near Adonl. 1810. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Tank & Fort of Kaire (?) Bellagull in Adoni - 1810 by B.S.W.’ Water-colour; 10 by 15.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD715

Reference (shelfmark):
WD715
Title:
The tank, palace and general view of Panna. May 1814. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(41) The tank, palace and general view at Panna. May 1814. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Sketch of the Table Land & the Tank, Palace etc at Penna in Bundelkand from the Table land above the same - by C. McK. May 1814.’ Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.206-7, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD1073

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1073
Title:
Mosque and tank, probably near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item