Cemetery showing the grave of Margaret Abbott surmounted by a column, Asirgarh. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
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Cemetery showing the grave of Margaret Abbott surmounted by a column, Asirgarh. Pencil and ink; 33.8 by 53 cm. On reverse landscape with lake and trees. Note: Abbott married Margaret Anne Harriett Fergusson, eldest daughter of John Hutchinson Fergusson of Trochraighe, Ayr, in Calcutta on 8 Fe...
Ruined temple near Pind Dadan Khan. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
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Ruined temple near Pind Dadan Khan. ‘This singular Scytho Greek Ruin is at the old deserted Fort of Raam Kata or Mulote or Shahgurh. It bears all three names in the Salt Range Dooka Indus and Hydaspes. It must be 1500 years old. I had not time to make a very perfect sketch. The sculpture i...
The Purana Kila, Delhi. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
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The Purana Kila, Delhi. ‘J. Abbott 1858’. On original mount: ‘Ruined Fortress of Inderprust, the original Delhi. Site, coeval with Troy: existing ruins built by Sher Shah, circa AD 1545’. Pencil and ink; 32.8 by 54.6 cm.
View of the Himalayas. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
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View of the Himalayas. ‘The Snowy range from Bagi. J. Abbott 1864’. On original mount: ‘The Himalaya from Bhagi 50 m. beyond Simla, from Nature by J. Abbott’. Pencil and ink heightened with white; 50 by 69.5 cm.
Ghats on the Narbada River, Mandleshwar. Artist(s): Abbott, Henry (1811-1837)
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Ghats on the Narbada River, Mandleshwar. Inscribed: ‘Ghaut Narbudda Mundlaiser Lt. Henry Abbott 1833’. Bequeathed by Miss E.M. Werge Thomas with WD3408-62 and F828, 1975. Note: The inscription appears to be in the hand of James Abbott and it is probable the two men met at Mhow in 1834, where...
Copy of the Asokan inscription on the pillar at Lauriya-Nandangarh, with a small drawing of the lion capital and elevation of the pillar with measurements. Artist(s): Rind, James Nathaniel (d. 1814)
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Copy of the Asokan inscription on the pillar at Lauriya-Nandangarh, with a small drawing of the lion capital and elevation of the pillar with measurements. Pencil and pen and ink; 59 by 87.5 cm. Note: The drawing is of interest as an early record of the pillar giving measurements above and bel...
The Observatory of Jai Singh, Delhi. 1826. Inscribed: ‘Delhi. S.S.W. view of Observatory from Sketch by P.T.C. Novr. 14th 1826’, with notes on measurements and types of stone. Pencil; 27.3 by 37.6 cm. Purchased 1976.
Sketch of Sewree Fort. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
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f.1 Inscribed: 'Sketch of Sewree Fort and the general landscape, as seen from the verandah of Major Wm. Jacob’s house at the Powder Works at Mazagon, Bombay. Sketched 16th June 1843’. Note: Major Jacobs was in charge of the Gunpowder Agency. While he was on special duty at Poona from July to Dece...
