Fort of Bassein from the north-west, with the Land Gate on the right. Artist(s): Reynolds, Charles (c.1756-1819)
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Fort of Bassein from the north-west, with the Land Gate on the right. Above the wall, breached in two places, are the roofs and towers of the Franciscan church of San Antonio, the Jesuit Church of the Holy Name, the church of N.S. da Vida and the church of the Dominicans. In the distance is th...
Sewri Fort, Bombay, looking across to Trombay Island. An officer, probably a self portrait, is shown sketching. Artist(s): Miller, William (1795-1836)
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Sewri Fort, Bombay, looking across to Trombay Island. An officer, probably a self portrait, is shown sketching. Inscribed: ‘Suree from below the Band hill. Bandalah. W.M. December 1828’. Pen and ink; 30.5 by 47 cm. Note: Miller had a house at Vadalla between Sewri and Matunga.
A view of the Mahal Nikusiyar in the Agra Fort. Artist(s): Parker, William Neville (1774-1853)
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A view of the Mahal Nikusiyar in the Agra Fort. Original inscription copied in a later hand: ‘Capt. Parker’s quarters in the Fort of Agra 1804’. Water-colour; 32.5 by 40 cm. Provenance: From an album of drawings inherited by the artist’s son, Neville Anbury Parker, and thence by family descen...