Panorama showing the main buildings of Lucknow with a procession of Muhammad 'Ali Shah (King of Oudh 1837-42) passing along the road. Unfinished.
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Panorama showing the main buildings of Lucknow with a procession of Muhammad ‘Ali Shah (King of Oudh 1837-42) passing along the road. The procession consists of cavalry, camels, riders with kettle-drums, infantry with muskets and pennants, gold-stick bearers, the King and the British resident m...
Panorama of Delhi seen from the Ridge (i.e. the north-west) showing the city of Shahjahanabad silhouetted against the sky; in the middle distance the city wall; from right to left, Garstin’s Bastion, the Lahore Gate, the Kabuli Gate, the Shah Bastion and the Kashmir Gate with St. James’s Church ...
Chandi Chauk and Munny Begum's mosque, Murshidabad
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Chandi Chauk and Munny Begum’s mosque, Murshidabad. Inscribed on back in ink (twice, once over pencil): ‘Chawnie Choke in the City of Moorshedabad & View of the Nabob’s Mosque.’ 368 by 532 mm; 288 by 451 mm within border. Note: The view is the same as in Add.Or.3207, but without the proce...
Fanciful scene with a banyan tree covered in monkeys on the banks of a river and outside the walls of a city
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Fanciful scene with a banyan tree covered in monkeys on the banks of a river and outside the walls of a city. The landscape abounds with animals and birds as well as men and women, while a male figure drives in a pony carriage formed from a lion and a peacock. By a Lucknow artist, c.1820. Ins...
'Memories of Simla', Himachal Pradesh. Artist(s): Chandra, Avinash (1931-1991)
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‘Memories of Simla’, Himachal Pradesh, India 1958. Pen-and-ink; 400 by 508 mm. Note: This and the following titles were suggested to W.G. Archer by the artist in the course of conversations.