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WD545
- Record Id:
- 032-003267983
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003267983
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x001150
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD545
- Title:
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Album of 25 drawings of landscapes in Kashmir, the Punjab States, Bhutan, Gwalior, Lucknow and S. India, from sketches made between 1846 and 1876. Artist(s): Ruggles, John (1827-1919)
- Scope & Content:
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25 drawings (25 folios) of landscapes in Kashmir, the Punjab States, Bhutan, Gwalior, Lucknow and S. India, from sketches made between 1846 and 1876.
Inscribed on original cover: ‘J. Ruggles’; also inscribed with titles mostly on back, in ink and pencil.
Wash; size of volume, 7 by 11 ins.
f.1 ‘Fort Kote Kangra from an original sketch taken in 1846’.
f.2 ‘Fort. Noorpoor. Punjab’.
f.3 ‘The Fort Gwalior from Scott's Hill, 1862’.
f.4 ‘Gwalior Fort. From a sketch made in 1864. Montana. Sep. 21st 1900’.
f.5 ‘Bala Stockade, Bhootan. From the Hd Qrs Camp. From an original sketch taken in 1865.’
f.6 ‘Bala Stockade, Bhootan. From an original sketch taken in 1865.’
f.7 ‘Bala Stockade, Bhootan. From an original sketch taken in 1866. This must be the flag held by General Ruggles.’
f.8 ‘Gateway. Bala Stockade, Bhootan. From an original sketch taken in 1865.’
f.9 ‘Interior of Bala Stockade, Bhootan. North Side. From an original sketch’ ‘taken in 1865.’
f.10 ‘Interior of Bala Stockade, Bhootan. South Side. From an original sketch taken in 1865.’
f.11 ‘Camp of the XIX B.N.I. at Sabzee, Bhootan. Decr. 1865. From an original sketch taken in 1865.’
f.12 ‘The Soobah's House, Bhootan. From an original sketch taken in 1865.’
f.13 ‘Bailey's Guard Gate, Lucknow, from a Photo by a Native of Lucknow.’
f.14 Memorial to Brigadier-General Nicholson in the Mayulla Pass, Punjab, near Attock. Inscription given. ‘From an original sketch taken by me in 1868 on the March to Peshawur.’
f.15 ‘Mill Boats on the Cabul River, Nowshera. From an original sketch taken in 1869.’ Explanation of mechanism given.
f.16 ‘Ruins of 'Martand' (Temple of the Sun), Cashmere. From an original sketch taken in 1873.’
f.17 ‘Shalimar Gardens on the Dal Lake, Cashmere. From an original sketch taken in 1873. 'If there be a paradise on earth It is this, it is this.' Lalla Rookh.’
f.18 ‘Dak Bungalow at Ooree (?), Cashmere Territory. From an original sketch taken in 1873.’
f.19 ‘Dak Bungalow at Oorun Booah (?), Cashmere Territory. From an original sketch taken in 1873.’
f.20 ‘Dak bungalow at Ghurree, Cashmere Territory. From an original sketch taken in 1873.’
f.21 ‘Gulmerg, Cashmere. 1873.’
f.22 ‘Mess Tent, Dathur (?), 1873. Camp of Exercises.’
f.23 ‘Fort Seringapatam, showing the Breach stormed by the British on 4th May, 1799. The 2 Guns planted in the foreground represent the advanced parallels from which General Baird issued that morning. The bed of the river is occasionally nearlv dry; this sketch was taken during S.W. Monsoon on July 7th, 1876’. Also quotations from G.B. Malleson’, Seringapatam past and present’ (Madras, 1876).
f.24 ‘This sketch was copied from some natives' drawings on the outer walls of a house at Mysore, executed by order of Tippoo, and supposed to represent a disaster to a small body of our troops in 1799 under Major Baillie. Sketched in 1876.’
f.25 ‘Lady Canning's seat near Coonoor, Neilgherries. A favourite spot of Lady Canning's and from where a magnificent view of the surrounding country is obtained.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003267983
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003267983
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1876
- Date Range:
- 1846-1876
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: wash
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 293-295
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ruggles, John, 1827-1919
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Forts
Houses
topographical views