Pen and ink drawing of sculptured figures outside a ratha at Mamallapuram, by an anonymous artist, part of the MacKenzie Collection and from an Album of 37 drawings and plans of the temples and sculptures at Mamallapuram, c. 1816.Colin MacKenzie (1754-1821) joined the East India Company as an eng...
Carved decoration from the Qutb Minar, Delhi, and from Hindu ruins nearby
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Pencil drawing of carved fragments from the Qutb Minar at Delhi and nearby Hindu ruins by an unknown artist, c.1820. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Mussulman - from the Minar, Hindu from the ruins near the Kootub.’ The Qutb Minar was built by Qutb-u'd-din Aibek from 1199 as part of the Quwwat al-...
Sculpture of the descent of the Ganges, Mamallapuram
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Sculpture of the descent of the Ganges, Mamallapuram. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Ancient Sculptures on the Rocks at Mavelliporum’; on back in ink: ‘No.’ ‘7. Mavellepoorum.’ Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.170-171, fig 5.1. Pen-and-ink: 14.5 by 36.5 ins.
Plan of the Fort, Chitradurg, Karnataka. June 1800
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'(9) Plan of the Fort, Chitaldrug. June 1800.' 25.5 by 37.5 ins. The plan has a key indicting the following areas and structures. 'aaa Outer fort inclosed by a stone wall and Dutch said to have 52 Batteries bbb Inner fort combining the Mahal & inclosed by a stone wall and ditch c Bruge...
No. 1. Pooshtoo Pass. One of a series of plans of forts and passes on the W. border of Bihar, copied from the original by Lieut Robert Smith. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873), after