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1. WD1070-1091

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1070-1091
Title:
CHEVALIER, NICHOLAS (1828-1902) Engraver and painter of landscapes and topical and historical scenes. Born at St. Petersburg, the son of a Swiss fath ...
Scope & Content:
CHEVALIER, NICHOLAS (1828-1902) Engraver and painter of landscapes and topical and historical scenes. Born at St. Petersburg, the son of a Swiss father and Russian mother, Chevalier went to Lausanne in 1845 to study with Guignard. In 1848 he moved to Munich and in 1851 came to London. Soon afte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1870
Extent:
22 items

2. WD1074

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1074
Title:
The Kutb Minar, Delhi. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil and wash drawing of the Qutb Minar at Delhi by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) in 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘N.’ ‘Chevalier.’ The Qutb Minar was built by Qutb-u'd-din Aibek from 1199 as part of the Quwwat al-Islam or 'Might of Islam' congregational mosque complex at Delhi. It ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD1080

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1080
Title:
The Tykhana, Lucknow (U.P.). February 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil and pastel drawing of the Tykhana at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated February 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Tykhana. Quarters of the women of H.M. 32d. Lucknow. The underground space was occupied by the women.’ Tykhana' are subterranean ap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

4. 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 ca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

5. 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 c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

6. 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 becam...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD1081

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1081
Title:
The Residency, Lucknow (U.P.). 22 February 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil and water-colour drawing of the Residency at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 22 February 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Residency. Lucknow. 22’ ‘Febr 1870. N.C. Chevalier.’ The Residency building at Lucknow was conceived in 1780 by Nawab As...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

8. 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 Sinsin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD1079

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1079
Title:
Audience Hall in the Palace, Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana). 2 February 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
Scope & Content:
Pencil, pastel and wash drawing of the Audience Hall in the Palace, Dig, Bharatpur (Rajputana) by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 2nd February 1870 Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Palace at Deeg. Audience Hall 2.2.70. N. Chevalier’ Nicholas Chevalier was a painter, lithographer, car...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item

10. 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 Nawa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 Item