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91. Add Or 5328

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Add Or 5328
Title:
Landscape. Hills in a mist with trees in the foreground.. Artist(s): Tagore, Abanindranath (1871-1951)
Scope & Content:
Landscape. Hills in a mist with trees in the foreground. 1940s. Water-colour; 175 by 245 mm. Signed in Bengali, in vertical pseudo-Japanese: ‘Abanindra.’ Note: Though apparently dating from towards the end of the artist’s life, this drawing is still very much under the Japanese influence imp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

92. Add Or 5353

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Add Or 5353
Title:
The old palace buildings within the fort along the riverside at Monghyr (Bihar).. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The old palace buildings within the fort along the riverside at Monghyr (Bihar). 1814. Inscribed below (cut out from original backing paper): ‘Riverside at Monghir’. Water-colour; 243 by 343 mm. Note: Originally pl. 20 from the dispersed volume ‘Views by Seeta Ram from Moorsheedabad to Patna....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

93. Foster 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 10
Title:
Virra Malli, rock south of Trichinopoly, Madras. An outcrop of rock, apparently granitic gneiss, with two buildings.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
The Viralimalai rock south of Trichinopoly, 1772-73 An outcrop of rock, apparently granitic gneiss, with two buildings, one extending along the front, and another much smaller, upon the top of the mound. Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward Pinxit No.9’; on frame: ‘Verra Malli, a Romantick Rock in Tondiman’s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item

94. Foster 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 31
Title:
View of Madurai, Madras. The city is shown as viewed from a fort or encampment with European soldiers.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
View of Madura, Madras, 1772-73 The city is shown as viewed from a fort or encampment with European soldiers, the wall of which appears in the immediate foreground. Rising above the ramparts of the town are seen the tops of various buildings, in the centre the palace of Tirumala Nayyak and to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item

95. Foster 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 34
Title:
Teppakulam, a sacred tank near Madura, Madras. A large walled tank, in the centre of which is an island with a temple. The town of Madura with temples and palaces is seen in the distance.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
Teppakulam, a sacred tank near Madura, 1772-73 A large walled tank, in the centre of which is an island with a temple. The town of Madura is seen in the distance, and behind it a range of hills. In the foreground, figures of Indians,and Europeans in red coats. Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward No.6’; on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item

96. Foster 522

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 522
Title:
A view at Mussoorie, UP. A view of the hills, probably showing 'The Abbey' and the road to 'Cloud End'; a European man and woman riding in the foreground
Scope & Content:
A view at Mussoorie, U.P. 1830-40 A view of the hills, probably showing ‘The Abbey’ and the road to ‘Cloud End’; a European man and woman riding in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

97. Foster 523

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 523
Title:
A view at Mussoorie, UP. View of a road with wooden huts; a hillman with his basket squats In the foreground, while a European couple are out walking, their child on a pony accompanied by an Indian servant
Scope & Content:
A view of Mussoorie, U.P. 1830-40 View of a road with wooden huts; a hillman with his basket squats in the foreground, while a European couple are out walking, their child on a pony accompanied by an Indian servant.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

98. Foster 577

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 577
Title:
Rope bridge over the Alakananda river at Srinagar, Garhwal, UP.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Rope bridge over the Alakananda river at Srinagar, Garhwal, U.P. Painted by Thomas Daniell, 1808. The old town (since washed away by floods from the bursting of the Gohna lake in 1904) occupies the centre of the picture, but is partially hidden by the rock in the foreground. It was once the c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item

99. Foster 669

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 669
Title:
Landscape in northern India; a ruined temple with a domed mosque or tomb in the background and women at a well In the foreground. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Landscape in northern India; a ruined temple with a domed mosque or tomb in the background and women at a well in the foreground. Painted by Thomas Daniell c.1820. Oil on canvas; 21.5 by 17 ins (54.5 by 43 cms). Presented by Sir William Foster, 1938. Literature: Shellim (1979), TD 102.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

100. Foster 865

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 865
Title:
A scene in Eastern India, a hillock surmounted by a ruinous tomb in which a banyan has taken root, a river and hills in the distance. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
Scope & Content:
A scene in Eastern India, a hillock surmounted by a ruinous tomb in which a banyan has taken root, a river and hills in the distance. With its melancholy landscape and subject, this suggests that Smith had seen some of Chinnery’s work, and he may indeed have taken some lessons from him in paint...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1819
Extent:
1 Item

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