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1. Add Or 90

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Add Or 90
Title:
Irrigating fields from a well
Scope & Content:
Irrigating fields from a well. Inscribed: ‘70. Dhakool. Instrument’ ‘taken water from Well.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4697

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Add Or 4697
Title:
A bungalow with separate offices by the river Cauvery with the Upper Anicut.
Scope & Content:
A bungalow with separate offices by the river Cauvery with the Upper Anicut. Identified in pencil on reverse of mount: ‘Collector’s bungalow at upper Anicut.’. 172 by 293 mm. Note: The Upper Anicut constructed 1836-8 regulates the flow of water between the rivers Cauvery and Coleroon round th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4784

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Add Or 4784
Title:
A Persian-wheel system for raising water. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A Persian-wheel system for raising water, being driven by a pair of oxen, with the cantonments of Saharanpur and Lord Moira’s encampment in the distance. Inscribed below: ‘Saharanpore with a Persian wheel for raising water.’ 401 by 586 mm. Watercolour of a Persian-wheel from 'Views by Seeta R...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4786

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Add Or 4786
Title:
The channel of 'Ali Mardan Khan's canal at Karnal, with the encampment of the Raja of Patiala, Punjab on either side of it. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The channel of ‘Ali Mardan Khan’s canal at Karnal, with the encampment of the Raja of Patiala on either side of it. Inscribed below: ‘Rajah of Putteala’s Camp at Kurnaul and Channel of the ancient Canal of Ali Mardan Khan.’ 390 by 590 mm. Watercolour of the canal of Ali Mardan Khan at Karnal ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4792

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Add Or 4792
Title:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Water being raised from a well by means of bullocks pulling at the rope down an inclined plane, a closer view of the previous. Beyond is a range of hills. Inscribed below: ‘Water wheel upon the principal of the inclined plane and the water raised in Bullock’s hide in front.’ 411 by 593 mm. W...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4867

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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

7. Add Or 4910

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Add Or 4910
Title:
A grove with a large well near Udhua Nullah. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A grove with a large well. Inscribed below in pencil and ink: ‘An Indara (or large Well. near Ouda Nala.’ 203 by 336 mm. Watercolour of a grove near Udhua Nullah from an album of miscellaneous views of Bengal produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1821
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5252

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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

9. P971

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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

10. 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