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040-003131274 Subject Bodies Of Water

1. Photo 1000/45(4579)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/45(4579)
Title:
Bethingady (Belthangady?) Bridge, with a distant view of Kudremukh Hill, South Kanara. Photographer: Thompson, Ross
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards the bridge, with Kudremukh on the skyline beyond. Presumably at modern Belthangady, some 45 miles east of Mangalore. Print unsigned but probably by Ross Thompson.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/45(4580)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/45(4580)
Title:
View of the Krishna River and anicut from Colonel Orr's house, Vijayawada (Bezwada). Photographer: Thompson, Ross
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from a neighbouring hill, looking across agricultural land towards Vijayawada and the Krishna River beyond. The masonry dam or anicut across the river can just be discerned left of centre. Signed in the negative Ross Thompson Lt R.E. 1863.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/45(4581)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/45(4581)
Title:
Government workshops and Kistna Anicut, Vijayawada (Bezwada), with Sitanagaram Hill in the distance. Photographer: Thompson, Ross
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the workshops in the foreground, with the dam or anicut across the river beyond, and the hill rising from the far bank. Signed in the negative Ross Thompson Lt R.E. 1863.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/45(4577)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/45(4577)
Title:
View at Machilipatnam (Masulipatam), showing Master Attendant's House and part of Arsenal in the old Fort, prior to the cyclone of 1864. Photographer: Thompson, Ross
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View on the waterfront, with local craft moored in the foreground and looking across the harbour towards the fort. '...the fort, which is situated close to the sea, is now little more than a memory. The barracks and arsenal, which fell into decay after the withdrawa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/45(4582)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/45(4582)
Title:
Silt trap at entrance to lock chamber on the Kistna Canal, Vijayawada (Bezwada). Photographer: Thompson, Ross
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along one of the scouring sluices built to keep free from silt the heads of the canals which lead off from the dam. With barges moored in the silt trap. Part of the dam or anicut can be seen in the right background, with the government workshops seen in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item