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431. WD633

Reference (shelfmark):
WD633
Title:
General view of Fort Defiance (i.e. the so-called Tamkam), near Madura.. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(9) General view of Fort Defiance, near Madura. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Fort Defiance and the Landscape near it, near Madura, in 1784. Originally sketched by C McK.’ Water-colour; 12 by 18.5 ins. Note: This is the famous Tumkum, the country house erected by Tirumala Nayak, subsequently c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784
Extent:
1 Item

432. WD1068

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1068
Title:
Album of 37 drawings of the temples and sculptures at Mamallapuram, also plans of the site. 1816
Scope & Content:
'Book 17'. 37 drawings (44 folios) of the temples and sculptures at Mamallapuram (Madras), also plans of the site. 1816. Inscribed on original cover: Antiquities of Mavellipore or Maha Bali Pooram. f.1 inscribed: This volume contains 37 drawings; in red ink: C McK. Book 17. f.2 inscribed: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
1 Item

433. WD593

Reference (shelfmark):
WD593
Title:
View of the Shirawati river, Garsoppa, with encampment, a sepoy standing guard. April 1806. The finished version of WD850.
Scope & Content:
(25) Camp by a river; a sepoy standing guard. Water-colour; 10.25 by 15.25 ins. Note: Compare WD850, the preparatory drawing, which identifies the scene as a view of the Shirawati river, Garsoppa, April 1806.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806
Extent:
1 Item

434. WD865

Reference (shelfmark):
WD865
Title:
Hindu ascetic returning from his ablutions in the Tungabhadra River near Harihar, Chitradurg District (KA), accompanied by followers, a woman with a pitcher and man with a punkah.. Artist(s): Mackenzie, Colin (1754-1821), attributed to
Scope & Content:
(10) Hindu ascetic returning from his ablutions in the Tungabhadra River near Harihar, Chitaldrug District, accompanied by followers, a woman with a pitcher and man with a punkah. Water-colour; 6.75 by 10.25 ins. Note: Original version, pssobly by Mackenzie, of WD1069, ff.36 and 51. f.36 is i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1810
Extent:
1 Item

435. WD905

Reference (shelfmark):
WD905
Title:
Plan of the ruins of Chandi Sewu, Prambanan (Central Java). Copy. Artist(s): Knops, J.H.D. (fl. 1807-1815)
Scope & Content:
(18) Plan of the ruins of Chandi Sewu, Prambanan (Central Java). 1807. Inscribed on front in ink with similar notes in Dutch to those on WD906. Copy by J.H.D. Knops, 1807. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 20.75 by 27.75 ins. Note: The original of this drawing is in the Raffles Collection in th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 Item

436. WD2661

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2661
Title:
Fragment of map of Chittagong (Bengal), 23 January, 1818, by John Cheape, Bengal Engineers.. Artist(s): Cheape, John (1792-1875)
Scope & Content:
(37) Fragment of map of Chittagong (Bengal). 12 by 18 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 Item

437. WD2694

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2694
Title:
Map of Vijayawada showing how a boat on the River Krishna was used to determine the river's width.
Scope & Content:
This map shows Vijayawada on the north bank of the River Krishna, and the town of Sitanagar on the opposite bank. An anchored boat is positioned on the river and site lines are drawn which would have determined the width of the river between the two settlements using triangulation. WD2717 is a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

438. WD581

Reference (shelfmark):
WD581
Title:
E. view of the hill fort of Chitradurg (KA). Artist(s): Fotheringahm, R.H. (fl. 1792-1815)
Scope & Content:
(13) E. view of the hill fort of Chitaldrug. 1801. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of Chittel Droog from the East, 1801, R.H. Fotheringham.’ Water-colour; 13 by 17.25 ins. Note: R.H. Fotheringham was an engineer in Madras from 1792 to 1815, when he retired in India. He was one of the young...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1801
Extent:
1 Item

439. WD759

Reference (shelfmark):
WD759
Title:
General view of cave temples in the Barabar Caves, Gaya (Bihar). Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(29) General view of the Barabar Caves, Gaya (Bihar). Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the Rock of the Caves at Buddha Gya.’ Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.200, fig 6.5. Pen-and-ink and wash; 11.5 by 17.25 ins. Note: WD703 is a watercolour copy of this stu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

440. WD813

Reference (shelfmark):
WD813
Title:
General view of cave temples in the Barabar Hills, Gaya (Bihar)
Scope & Content:
(83) General view of cave temples in the Barabar Hills, Gaya (Bihar). Pen-and-ink; 3 by 11.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item