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1. WD1072

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1072
Title:
Water-fall on the Karamnasa river and Latif Shah's Durga near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Water-fall on the Karamnasa river and Latif Shah's Durga near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Lateewcha waterfall on the Kurumnassa near’ ‘Chukeea. Luteaf Shah's Durgah. 20.1.70.’The tomb of Latif Shah, a celebrated local saint, faces the waterfalls of Karamnasa, which...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD1083

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1083
Title:
Ruins at Lucknow (U.P.). 23 February 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil, pastel and wash drawing of ruins at Lucknow by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) dated 23 February 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: -’Lucknow. 23.2.70.’ Lucknow is the state capital of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It came to prominence under the Mughals and during their rule became a flo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD1070

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1070
Title:
View of Bombay Harbour. January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Water-colour painting of Mumbai Harbour by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in January 1870. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Bombay. Originally, Mumbai (Bombay) was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. Its deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers of the 16th century to call it ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD1071

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1071
Title:
View of Bombay Harbour. January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Water-colour painting of Mumbai Harbour by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in January 1870. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Bombay.’ Originally, Mumbai (Bombay) was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. Its deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers of the 16th century to call it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD1073

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1073
Title:
Mosque and tank, probably near Chakia (U.P.). 20 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of a mosque and tank, probably near Chakia (Uttar Pradesh) by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), 20 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘20.1.70.’ Nicholas Chevalier was a painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrator, said to have been born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Russ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD1078

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1078
Title:
Summer Palace of the Raja, Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana). 29 January 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil, pastel and wash drawing of the Summer Palace of the Raja, Dig, Bharatpur, by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 29 January 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Deeg. Summer Palace of the Rajah of Bhurtpoor. N. Chevalier. 29.1.70.’ Bharatpur State was founded in 1722 by the Sinsini Jat Bad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD1085

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1085
Title:
Interior of the Hussainabad Imambara Lucknow (U.P.). 4 March 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of the interior of the Hussainabad Imambara in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 4 March 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Huseinabad-Imambara, the gallery and trusses are of wood (brown). N.C. 4.3.70.’ The Husainabad Imambara was built by Nawab Muhamm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD1086

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1086
Title:
View from Lady Horton's Walk, Kandy (Ceylon). 15 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of Lady Horton's Walk near Kandy in Sri Lanka by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 15th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘N.’ ‘Chevalier. View’ ‘from Lady Horton's Walk, Kandy, Ceylon. 15.4.70.’ Near Kandy in the hill country of Sri Lanka is the Udawattekele Royal Sanctua...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD1089

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1089
Title:
View of the Mahaveliganga River and Hunasgiria Park (Ceylon). 18 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of the Mahaveliganga River and Hunnasgiriya Park, near Kandy in Sri Lanka dated 18th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Hunasgeria Pk. Mahavillaganga Rr. 18.4.70. N. Chevalier.’ Sri Lanka was a Portuguese colony from the late 16th Century until it was overruled by the Dutch; a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD1090

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1090
Title:
River scene, near Kandy (Ceylon). 19 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil drawing of a river scene, near Kandy in Sri Lanka, by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 19th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Near Kandy, Ceylon. 19.4.70. N. Chevalier.’ Sri Lanka was a Portuguese colony from the late 16th Century until it was overruled by the Dutch; a colony wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item