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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 146 Subject Forts and Fortifications

51. Photo 146/1(240)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(240)
Title:
Aguada Fortress, Goa, Portuguese India. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Commands the passage of the Mandovi River into Panjim and Old Goa, besides the anchorage itself. Noted for its copious supply of the purest drinking water (Agoa = water). In the days of ‘Sail’, it was a noted port of call by vessels of all nations here to fill t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 146/1(241)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(241)
Title:
Aguada Fortress, Goa, Portuguese India. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The lower battery looking east. Cabo on the far side of the river’s mouth (Mandovi). The far point is Mormugao Harbour, on the far side of River Zuari. Aguada Fortress commands the passage of the Mandovi River into Panjim and Old Goa, besides the anchorage itself. Noted for its copious supply ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 146/1(242)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(242)
Title:
Aguada Fortress, Goa, Portuguese India. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Lower battery west. The interior of the fort is kept spic and span, the work of the civil prisoners, for there is no longer any garrison there. Aguada Fortress commands the passage of the Mandovi River into Panjim and Old Goa, besides the anchorage itself. Noted for its copious supply of the p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 146/1(269)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(269)
Title:
Sadashevgad [Fort], The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The bartizan (overhanging turret) at the highest point of the fort. After its capture from Tipoo Sultan the garrison was found by the Bombay Army. The European gunners lived in the fort; the Sepoy line being at Chiticul, a mile away, where the chowki for confine...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 146/1(272)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(272)
Title:
Sadashevgad, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Part of the ramparts of Sadashevgad with a domed look-out post at the angle. It could also cover teh flanks of the curtain walls with musketry fire. On the north bank of the Kalavati river. It was built only in 1715 by the Rajah of Sonda as a block of between ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 146/1(273)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(273)
Title:
The inner archway of the main gate. Sadashevgad, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography It seems to have been roofed over when it contained a garrison. The place is in ruins and much overgrown; but the avenue of casuarina trees must have been planted about 80 years ago, say 1850. On the north bank of the Kalavati river. It was built only in 1715 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 146/1(307)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(307)
Title:
Ancola, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Extract from Memoir of a Field Officer – “The fort of Ancola or Ancowla, before which we shortly appeared, was one of those posts, which if resolutely defended, was not to be reduced without the aid of artillery. It was in complete repair, consisting of a wall and towers of solid masonry, covere...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 146/1(308)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(308)
Title:
The Fort of Ancola, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Extract from Memoir of a Field Officer – “The fort of Ancola or Ancowla, before which we shortly appeared, was one of those posts, which if resolutely defended, was not to be reduced without the aid of artillery. It was in complete repair, consisting of a wall and towers of solid masonry, covere...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 146/1(317)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(317)
Title:
Rajamundrug Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
A bastion on the crest of the cliff, which here rises straight up from a rocky wave beaten foreshore. Elsewhere the defences are almost level with the ground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 146/1(319)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(319)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Approaching the ruins of Mirjan Fort. A raised bund through the paddy fields. Thought to be the Musiris of the ancients. 7 miles from Tadri and between Rajamundrug and Kumpta. In 1772, when James Forbes (author of Oriental Memoirs) saw it, it was held by Hyder Ali Khaun, but was subsequently de...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item