View of Surat from across the River Tapti. Artist(s): Steen, A. van der (fl. 1767-82)
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Wash drawing by A. van der Heen (fl. 1782) of a view of Surat from across the River Tapti in Gujarat, dated 1782. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Surat taken from the opposite side of the River Tapee. A. van der Steen delt ad Vivum 1782.’ Situated on a bend in the river Tapti, Surat was an import...
View of Bombay Harbour. January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Water-colour painting of Mumbai Harbour by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in January 1870. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Bombay. Originally, Mumbai (Bombay) was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. Its deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers of the 16th century to ca...
View of Bombay Harbour. January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Water-colour painting of Mumbai Harbour by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in January 1870. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Bombay.’ Originally, Mumbai (Bombay) was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. Its deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers of the 16th century to c...
Water-fall on the Karamnasa river and Latif Shah's Durga near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Water-fall on the Karamnasa river and Latif Shah's Durga near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Lateewcha waterfall on the Kurumnassa near’ ‘Chukeea. Luteaf Shah's Durgah. 20.1.70.’The tomb of Latif Shah, a celebrated local saint, faces the waterfalls of Karamnas...
View from Lady Horton's Walk, Kandy (Ceylon). 15 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of Lady Horton's Walk near Kandy in Sri Lanka by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 15th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘N.’ ‘Chevalier. View’ ‘from Lady Horton's Walk, Kandy, Ceylon. 15.4.70.’ Near Kandy in the hill country of Sri Lanka is the Udawattekele Royal...
View from the Katugastota Bridge over the River Mahaveliganga, with Hantane Peak in the distance (Ceylon). 18 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of a view from the Katugastota Bridge over the River Mahaveliganga, with Hantane Peak in the distance in Sri Lanka, by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 18th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘View from Kattugastotte bridge Hantane Pk. N. Chevalier. 18.4.70. View f...