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1. Add Or 4784

Reference (shelfmark):
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

2. Add Or 4792

Reference (shelfmark):
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

3. Add Or 4910

Reference (shelfmark):
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

4. Photo 53(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 53(13)
Title:
The Diving Well, Kootub [Qutb, Delhi]. Photographers: Robert and Harriet Tytler
Scope & Content:
View looking down into the tank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 248(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(6)
Title:
Scenery on the Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Landscape Photography Indian village scene, probably in the vicinity of Madras, with three figures grouped around a small brick well beside palm trees in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 248(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(9)
Title:
Mode of drawing water, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View of a well in front of a group of buildings, the water being raised by men on a form of see-saw treadmill.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 248(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(37)
Title:
A well on the Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a well, set in a clearing with palm trees in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(536)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(536)
Title:
The baoli or step-well on the side of the Agra road near Hakim's Baths, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in photogravure in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 3, pl. 85.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1003(537)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(537)
Title:
The baoli or step-well on the side of the Agra road near Hakim's Baths, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Almost identical to print 536.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(2606)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(2606)
Title:
Step-well at Gadarwara. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the upper storey of the step-well. Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item