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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 146

121. Photo 146/1(119)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(119)
Title:
Hurnai [forts], The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Forts Goa or Gova, Kanka and Fathegadh, were constructed by the Hubshee of Janjira to blockade Severndrug, which he [had] been unable to capture. But the Angrias got too strong for him on land, and he had to abandon the project, and about 1723 Canojee Angria was in full possession of all four st...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

122. Photo 146/1(120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(120)
Title:
Severndrug [Suvarnadurg], The Konkun Coast. Fortified islets of Kanka and Fathegadh. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography The fortified islets of Kanka and Fathegadh, now joined by causeways to the shore. On Kanka is the harbour light. On Fathegadh traces are seen of its landward facing battery. In the 1817 war it was sufficient for Kanka alone to be assaulted and taken for the other g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

123. Photo 146/1(121)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(121)
Title:
Hurnai, The Konkun Coast. Kanka Island Fort. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography On Kanka is the harbour light. In the 1817 war it was sufficient for Kanka alone to be assaulted and taken for the other garrisons to surrender. The attackers were 30 European sailors of the Indian Navy, armed with pistols and 'tomahawks and 50 sepoys of the Marine ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

124. Photo 146/1(122)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(122)
Title:
The Konkun Coast. Hurnai Bunder projecting from Kanka. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography The Bombay ferry is steaming in, and passengers are embarking in boats to meet it at the anchorage. Riding at anchor is a Government Salt Department schooner, also responsible for coastal lights and buoys. On Kanka is the harbour light. In the 1817 war it was suf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

125. Photo 146/1(123)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(123)
Title:
Hurnai [Harnai] and neighbourhood, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Roman Catholic church of St Ann built in 1817, the first year of British occupation. A few poor native Christians live here. They are said to be descendants of craftsmen from Goa engaged for the maintenance of the fabric of the forts by the Angrias. They are as ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

126. Photo 146/1(124)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(124)
Title:
Hurnai [Harnai], The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A coastal scene to the southward.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

127. Photo 146/1(125)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(125)
Title:
Hurnai [Harnai], The Kounkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Coastal scene looking north towards Anjarla [Anjarle].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

128. Photo 146/1(126)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(126)
Title:
Dapoli, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The deserted Garrison Church of Dapoli, 7 miles inland from Hurnai. In 1819 it was the Headquarters of the South Konkun Division. In the mid-19th century it was still a cantonment for an active battalion of Native Infantry and the Bombay Veteran Battalion. It was a house of discord and disconten...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

129. Photo 146/1(127)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(127)
Title:
Boria Head, The Konkun Coast. A shrine to Durga Devi, Goddess of Famine. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Boria Pagoda. So named in current charts though the shrine in the picture does not deserve that description, but it is very improbable that any sailor has ever seen it at close quarters.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

130. Photo 146/1(128)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(128)
Title:
Boria Head, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
To early English navigators known as Cape Z. Lower slopes looking North East. The speargrass being cut by the women will be as succulent and sustaining for their scraggy cows as the coarse millet grown for themselves will be. A hard life and a short one, indeed for men and beast.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item