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431. Photo 146/1(115)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(115)
Title:
Severndrug [Suvarnadurg] Island Fort, The Konkun Coast. The Hunaman. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The island fortress of the pirate chief Tulajee Angria. It is 8 acres in extent and has a steep well and several water reservoirs. There are rooms under each bastion and extensive foundations of 'old palaces'. In 1862 the ramparts were still in good repair but the gateway was in ruins. The photo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
November 1934
Extent:
1 item

432. Photo 146/1(134)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(134)
Title:
Jaigad Fort, The Konkun Coast. Gateway into the moat. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Just without the fort walls is a pit, the bottom reached by a flight of steps outside it. This arena, so to speak, is that (text covered by photograph) prisoners were (text covered by photograph). Jaigad, Jyghur and Zyghur 100 miles from Bombay on the south b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

433. Photo 146/1(165)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(165)
Title:
Ratnagiri, The Konkun Coast. Tomb of Theebaw, King of Lower Burma. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Theebaw, King of Lower Burma, was brought here in exile in 1886, and died here in 1916. With him came his two queens, his daughters, and an extensive and picturesque suite. The latter in time all drifted away, and at the end, only locally engaged staff were employed. The senior queen died first,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

434. Photo 146/1(278)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(278)
Title:
Interior of Sunkeri Church at Old Karwar. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography It is close by the site where the English factory once stood, as one old account describes it - "a stately mansion", but there is now no trace of it. When after many vicissitudes and armed conflicts with the Soonda rajah, the Hon'ble Company withdrew they presen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

435. Photo 146/1(288)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(288)
Title:
H.M.I.S 'Hindustan' 1930. Karwar, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Kona Point and flagstaff on the right. Modern Karwar is among the casuarina plantations. The bungalows of Government officials extend along the bright of the bay.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 item

436. Photo 146/1(290)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(290)
Title:
Karwar Head, Lady Bay. Karwar, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
A picnic. The Parsee gentleman in the picture claimed to be of piratical stock, from a Kooli forebear of Gujarat. Detailed description of Karwar Head can be found overleaf.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

437. Photo 146/1(302)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(302)
Title:
Angediva, The North Canara Coast. The reputed grave of Sir Abram Shipman. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
It is said it at one time had an inscription, but it is no longer there. The marble cross was in pieces and was propped up for this picture. By the time more positive orders arrived from Lisbon to admit the English to Bombay, of Shipman and his 400 men only Ensign Cooke and 117 other ranks were ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

438. 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

439. Photo 146/1(330)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(330)
Title:
Tadri Bay and Rajamundrug Head. The North Canara Coast (Bombay Presidency). Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The exact spot where the gentleman with the stork's nest on his head is plodding along has escaped recollection but the headland in the far distance is believed to be Rajamundrug.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

440. Photo 146/1(334)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(334)
Title:
The European Cemetery at Sirsi. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
A large town in the Dharwar Collectorate. A place was constant movements of troops in the Mahratta and Mysore Wars.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item