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Name Cunningham, Alexander, Knight, engineer and archaeologist, 1814-1893

1. Add MS 39997

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 39997
Title:
LETTERS relating to numismatics, addressed, with few exceptions, to Gen. Charles Richard Fox, M.P., Surveyor-General of Ordnance, and afterwards Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster; 1837-1870, and undated. Fr. and Engl. The majority of the letters are from [Honoré Théodoric Paul Joseph] D'Albert, [Duc] de Luynes, and W[illiam] H[enry] Waddington, French statesman. A portion of the correspondence refers to the engraving of plates for C. R. Fox's Engravings of unpublished or rare Greek...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Étienne Chamillart, d 1730 Jesuit and numismatist: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.f. 2 Abbé Jean Jacques Barthélemy, French scholar and numismatist: Letter to J. D. Barbie du Bocage: 1788 [?].: Fr.ff. 3, 6 Alexander Burnes, Indian political officer; Knight 1838: Letters to Col. C. R. Fox:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1837-1870
Extent:
1 item

2. EAP921/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/1
Title:
The Library of Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The Bauddha Dharmankure Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) was founded in the year 1892 by the Most Ven’ble Kripasaran Mahasthavir to work for the revival and regeneration of Buddhism in the land of its birth. This association has an eronmous collection of some rare and preci...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
1908-1977
Extent:
16933 TIFF images

3. EAP921/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/1/1
Title:
Printed Books from the Library of Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha
Scope & Content:
Collection of printed books from the library of Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha. Custodial history: The Bauddha Dharmankure Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) was founded in the year 1892 by the Most Ven’ble Kripasaran Mahasthavir to work for the revival and regeneration of Buddhism in the land of it...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
1912-1977
Extent:
6819 TIFF images

4. EAP921/1/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/1/1/12
Title:
Asoka Edicts in New Light
Scope & Content:
A Book on the edicts issued by Ashoka, the great. A narrative detail of his all inscribed edicts in modern approaches in the context of the publication year 1926. Here the author has tried to add the post-Alexander Cunningham era's extensive research to describe and explain. Custodial history: ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
101 TIFF images

5. Photo 139/1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 139/1(41)
Title:
[Portrait group of Bengal Engineers.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of three Bengal Engineers, grouped round a table. They are identified as follows: F. W. Randall (no biographical information available), Henry Drummond (d.1883), Bengal Engineers 1843-78, and Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893), Chief Engineer N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 835(325)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 835(325)
Title:
Agra Group. Photographer: John Nicholas Tresidder
Scope & Content:
Composite photograph containing 136 heads of family, friends and associates of Dr John Murray. The print is accompanied by a manuscript list identifying the sitters, in the same hand as the captions throughout the album (probably Murray's). Titled, The list of the heads in the pictures, the list...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1300(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1300(1)
Title:
Portrait of Alexander Cunningham. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait, seated outdoors and looking to the right, of Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893). Cunningham served as an engineer in the Indian Army from 1833-61. On his retirement, he was appointed Archaeological Surveyor to the Government of India from 1861 until the abolition...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item