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Archive Reference (shelfmark) PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840)

1. PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840)

Reference (shelfmark):
PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840)
Title:
PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840) Seventh son of John Prinsep, brother of William (q.v.). Assistant Assay Master, Calcutta Mint,1819; Assay Master, Benares ...
Scope & Content:
PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840) Seventh son of John Prinsep, brother of William (q.v.). Assistant Assay Master, Calcutta Mint,1819; Assay Master, Benares Mint, 1820-30; Deputy Assay Master, Calcutta Mint, 1830; Assay Master, Calcutta Mint, 1832-38. A great scholar interested in chemistry, mineralo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1832
Extent:
17 items

2. WD2873

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2873
Title:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. c.1830. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘J. Prinsep’. Pen-and-ink; 8 by 9.75 ins. Purchased 20 February 1967.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD4041

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4041
Title:
Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid, inscribed Benares.. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid. Inscribed: ‘Benares 1820. JP’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 12.5 by 20 cm Purchased 1982.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD4164

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4164
Title:
The river front at Benares looking from Ghoosla Ghat to Manikarnika Ghat. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
The river front at Benares looking from Ghoosla Ghat to Manikarnika Ghat. Inscribed on reverse: ‘12 November 1825. View westwards from Ghoosla Ghat. 1. Bisumbhur Pundit’s House 2. Sunkuta Ghat 3. Beereswur Ghat 4. Uhila Baee Ka Mundil 5. Rajbulubh Shiwala’. Repeated on original mount; al...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD4270

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4270
Title:
Step well, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Step well. Pencil. On reverse: ‘Section of the Ganges opposite the Minarets at low water mark 25 April 1829’. With notes and measurements. Pen and pencil.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1829
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD4271

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4271
Title:
Plan of part of the Biseswar temple and ghats, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Plan of part of the Biseswar temple and ghats. Pen and ink.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1829
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD4272

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4272
Title:
Plan and view of the pontoon bridge over the Ganges, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Plan and view of the pontoon bridge over the Ganges. On reverse a cross section of the river showing high and low water marks. Inscribed: ‘Section of BC. The dotted line shows the Level of the small Buttress A whence the rest were measured. The Channel of the Burna was in 1823-4 50 feet broa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1823-1824
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD4273

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4273
Title:
Map of the confluence of the Barna and Ganges rivers with temples and the old fort on the left and brick kiln on the right, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Map of the confluence of the Barna and Ganges rivers with temples and the old fort on the left and brick kiln on the right. Pen and ink and water-colour.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1829
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD4274

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4274
Title:
Plan of a group of buildings on Dal-ki-Mandi, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Plan of a group of buildings on Dal-ki-Mandi. Inscribed: ‘Meer Roostum Ulee Ka Suraj. Dewan Shookr Oollah. Dal Kee Mundei’. On reverse plans of a densely built section of the city. Pencil and wash. Note: Drawings used to compile Prinsep’s map of Benares made in 1822.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD4275

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4275
Title:
Cross section of river bank and bed showing geological strata, water levels and site of proposed drain, Benares. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Cross section of river bank and bed showing geological strata, water levels and site of proposed drain. Pen and ink and water-colour.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1829
Extent:
1 Item