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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 146

321. Photo 146/1(320)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(320)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Approach to the main gate and the ditch before it. 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 deprived of any military valu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

322. Photo 146/1(321)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(321)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Inside the main gate. The place dates back to the Hindu sovereigns of Visiapur who were conquered by Hyder Ali. 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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

323. Photo 146/1(322)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(322)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee or Mirzee Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
A tower on the edge of the deep moat. 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 deprived of any military value by a detac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

324. Photo 146/1(323)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(323)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee or Mirzee Fort interior. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The rear of the tower shown above (322) and the distant prospect from it. 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 depri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

325. Photo 146/1(324)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(324)
Title:
Kumpta, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The shady road from the town to the bunder where passengers and cargo is loaded into boats for transhipment into coasting steamers or country craft. The principle transport is the betelnut, more properly ‘areca’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

326. Photo 146/1(325)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(325)
Title:
Kumpta Head from the south. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography The Bharma Devi cave is in the reptilian shape extremity.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

327. Photo 146/1(326)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(326)
Title:
Kumpta Head viewed from the northern beach. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

328. Photo 146/1(327)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(327)
Title:
View from the southern ramparts of Rajamundrug looking towards Kumpta. Mirjan is a little inland and undiscernible. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography An open roadstead in Fair Season only, during which it is served by the cargo-cum-passenger steamers of the B.S.N. Co. Ltd before the railway came into S.M.C. cotton was brought here from above ghaut to be pressed and exported, of which the derelict buildings once o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

329. Photo 146/1(328)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(328)
Title:
Kumpta Anchorage, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Kumpta Anchorage on the rocky point was for merely a small redoubt. The Traveller’s Bungalow is at the lower end. Another glorious stretch of sand reaches as far as Honowar. An open roadstead in Fair Season only, during which it is served by the cargo-cum-passenge...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

330. Photo 146/1(329)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(329)
Title:
Tadri Bay and Rajamundrug Head. The North Canara Coast (Bombay Presidency). Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item