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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 146 Subject Forts and Fortifications

31. Photo 146/1(135)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(135)
Title:
Jaigad Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Jaigad, Jyghur and Zyghur 100 miles from Bombay on the south bank of the River Shastri. Navigable for craft up to 6 feet according to the tides. In the year 1798-99 the port and creek were used for the passage of troops and stores which, in cooperation with the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 146/1(161)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(161)
Title:
Ratnagiri Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A place of little history though its walls, with 41 bastions, enclose an area of, perhaps, 2 square miles. The fort and district were surrendered to Colonel Kennedy and the Konkun Field Force on 31st May 1818 without opposition. In 1862 its 117 iron cannon were stil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 146/1(162)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(162)
Title:
Ratnagiri Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The elephant steps leading down to the highway into the town and interior. The harbour is such only in the Fair Season, and the old jetty used by the ferry steamer passengers is away in the distance. A place of little history though its walls, with 41 bastions, enclose an area of, perhaps, 2 s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 146/1(163)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(163)
Title:
Ratnagiri Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The principal (south-west) bastion strides the headland like a warhorse, upon which sits the harbour guiding light like a knight with heavy visor closed. A place of little history though its walls, with 41 bastions, enclose an area of, perhaps, 2 square miles....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 146/1(172)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(172)
Title:
Gheria Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The western sands and an aspect of the fort that neither the military commander of Boone's expedition nor Major Siersma of the Dutch would, in a professional sense, look at. They said that few of those who landed would ever get back to their ships. As the matter was not put to the test, opinion ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 146/1(176)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(176)
Title:
Viziadrug Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This bastion commands the circular passage to the second guard gate. The view is looking north to the other bank of the River Wagotan estuary. Watson's fleet anchored abreast of the fort here. The fighting ships employed here were: Royal Navy - Kent 70 guns, Cum...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 146/1(177)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(177)
Title:
Visiadrug Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This bastion commands the circular passage to the second guard gate. The view is looking north to the other bank of the River Wagotan estuary. Watson's fleet anchored abreast of the fort here. The fighting ships employed here were: Royal Navy - Kent 70 guns, Cum...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 146/1(178)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(178)
Title:
Gheria Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A massive bastion of the third and main line of defiance. It exemplifies the 'Architecture of Fear' - Donjons and moats: Castles and keeps. From a lower aperture a light bamboo ladder that could be easily withdrawn facilitated movements of the garrison to and fr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 146/1(193)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(193)
Title:
Sindhudurg Fort, Malwan [Malvan]. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Shivajee placed Malwan on the map when he built (mostly by artizans lent by the Portuguese) Sindqdrug [Sindhudurg] - The Fortress of the Seas - as the first step to raising a navy with which to pursue the same tactics of raid and plunder by sea as has worked so well in his forays on land against...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 146/1(194)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(194)
Title:
The Main Gate of Sindadrug [Sindhudurg] Fort. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Shivajee placed Malwan on the map when he built (mostly by artizans lent by the Portuguese) Sindadrug [Sindhudurg] - The Fortress of the Seas - as the first step to raising a navy with which to pursue the same tactics of raid and plunder by sea as has worked so ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item