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WD156

Record Id:

032-003267955

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003267955

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x001134

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD156

Title:

Album of 31 drawings of landscapes in Delhi, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, Madras and Mysore. Between 1788 and 1800. Artist(s): Blunt, James Tillyer (1765-1834)

Scope & Content:

31 drawings (29 folios) of landscapes in Delhi, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, Madras and Mysore. Between 1788 and 1800.

Inscribed in pencil and ink.

Water-colour, pen-and-ink and wash; size of volume 15 by 18 ins.

Purchased 10 February 1914.

Note: 3 mica paintings were originally pasted at the end of this album and have now been combined with the Library’s mica collection (see Add.Or.584-6).

References on ff.18 and 23 to the ‘Asiatic Journal’, ii, appear to be inaccurate.

f.1 ‘Sufta Jungh’s Tomb, Delhi.’

f.2 ‘Mahore.’ Hill fort with camp in foreground.

f.3 Temple on an island, perhaps in the Ganges.

f.4 ‘Balgura.’ A Muslim burial ground.

f.5 ‘1788. Sondalpur.’ Building with classical facade.

f.6 ‘Gaut of Collygur on the Godavery. Ensign J. T. Blunt Eng. fecit. February 1795. Vide Asiatic Annual Register, A.D. 1800, Miscellaneous Tracts, p.128. River scene.’

f.7 ‘Ram takery at Ruttunpore. From Lathmy Takoy. Ensign J.T. Blunt fecit. Vide Asiatic Annual Register, A.D. 1800, p.128-162 Misc. Tracts.’ Temple on hilltop.

f.8 ‘Cawnpore’, 1790. River scene.

f.9 ‘Badrachill. Ensign J.T. Blunt fecit. Vide Asiatic Annual Register. A.D. 1800. Misc. Tracts, p.128.’ (esp. p.190) Temple on river bank.

f.10 ‘Encampment of the Army.’

f.11a ‘Bengalee-Galliot on the Ganges.’

f.11b ‘Ruins of Plassey House and Grove, 1800.’

f.12a Tent under trees.

f.12b ‘View in the Fort of Mongheer, 1788.’

f.13a ‘A Budgerow on the Ganges.’

f.13b ‘A Budgerow in a squall on the Ganges.’

f.14a Rocky landscape.

f.14b Landscape with ruins.

f.15a ‘Cotton boats on the Ganges.’

f.15b A fort by the river, perhaps Chunargarh.

f.16 ‘Sevandroog.’ Inside the fort.

f.17 ‘Mahatin Dey. Ensign J.T. Blunt, Bengal Engineers fecit. Vide Asiatic Annual Register. A.D. 1800. Miscellaneous Tracts, p.128’ (espy. p.154). Rocky landscape.

f.18 ‘Hurdwar from Channey Gaut, April 1794. See Asiatic Journal. Vol ii, p. 255.’ River scene.

f.19 ‘Bhagulpore.’ European house on the river bank.

f.20 ‘Sautgur in the Carnatic.’ Rocky landscape with hill fort.

f.21 ‘Panniput 1792. 54 miles north of Delhi in Bengal.’ Landscape with city in the background.

f.22 ‘View on the River at Salpy gaut. View on the River Soane at Salpy Gaut. J.T. Blunt, Bnng. Eng. fecit. Vide Asiatic Annual Register. A.D. 1800. Miscellaneous Tracts, p.128’ (espy. p.130)

f.23 ‘View on the Ganges at Hurdwar. Hurdwar Hills. See Asiatic Journal, Vol.ii. p.255.’

f.24 ‘Soneput. Vide Asiatic Annual Register. A.D. 1800. Miscellaneous Tracts. p. 128. Ensign J.T. Blunt, B.E. fecit’ (espy. p.147). Landscape with ruins.

f.25 ‘Vizagapatam, 1795. Captn J.T. Blunt, B.E.fecit.’ Seashore with fort.

f.26 ‘Sevandroog.’ View in the fort.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 album with 31 drawings

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Styles:

British school
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Start Date:

1788

End Date:

1800

Date Range:

1788-1800

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: watercolour; pen-and-ink; wash

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased 10 February 1914.

Finding Aids:

Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 132-133

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Blunt, James Tillyer, 1765-1834

Subjects:

topographical views