Plan and section of mouth of well. Further details of Add.Or.4599 and Add.Or.4602.. Artist(s): Bholanath (fl. 1855)
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‘Plan and section of mouth of well.’ Further details of Add.Or.4599 and Add.Or.4602. Inscribed in ink on verso: ‘Done in Agra Jail 1855’. Lithograph, hand coloured. 25 by 33 cm (paper size).
A Persian-wheel system for raising water. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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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...
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)
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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...
A grove with a large well near Udhua Nullah. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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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...
Women and children in a bathroom in the verandah of a house. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
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Women and children in a bathroom in the verandah of a house. Inscribed below: ‘Our bath room.’
Vol 174 1851/52 General or Miscellaneous and Packets
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The volume contains correspondence to and from the Resident of the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell) during 1851. The first part of the file (ff 2-29) relates to miscellaneous issues of a largely domestic nature arising at the Residency. The second part of the file (ff 31-76) conta...
File 6/49 Artesian wells in Bahrain - Correspondence regarding
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The file contains correspondence regarding artesian wells in Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, Abdulaziz Alqosaibi & Bros, Yousuf Abdulrehman Fakhroo, the Air Ministry Works Directora...
‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
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Correspondence in the file dated 1941 is the result of an enquiry from the Political Agent in Muscat (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban), about the prospects for an artesian water supply at Muscat, or elsewhere on the Batinah ...