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WD4443
- Record Id:
- 032-003268351
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268351
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0012c0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD4443
- Title:
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Sketchbook of views and portraits mostly in Delhi and Punjab c.1834, with two views at the Cape.
- Scope & Content:
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Sketchbook of views and portraits mostly in Delhi and Punjab, c.1834. The artist was almost certainly female in view of the portraits of ladies in purdah. There is a large number of blank pages between f.45 and f.46.
Pencil (except where noted); album leaves 30.5 by 19.5 cm.
Purchased 1997.
f.1 Persian inscription and translation.
f.2 Bungalows on a wooded hillside.
f.3 Two portraits: ‘Surgoo Hill bearer or Jampanee. Saboo Hill Mates(?).’
Note: Jampons were the species of sedan chairs in which ladies were carried up to hillstations.
f.4 Four bearers carrying a jampon, and others with loads.
f.5 ‘Hill fort of Nalagheer.’
f.6 Two Sikhs, one with a matchlock. ‘Sookha Sing. Golaub Sing Subhi Mughul. Akalis or Immortals Seikh fanatics.’
f.7 The same Sikh as Sookha Singh, carrying a spear.
f.8 ‘Philour. Runjeets Sing’s fort across the Sutlej Loodianah in the distance. 1834.’ Inscribed on reverse: ‘Camp of Seiks.’
f.9 ‘Wadas(?) fleet from the Indus - Seik camp & Himalayan range in the distance.’
f.10 A Sikh archer.
f.11 A large caravanserai. ‘Dourah ka Serai.’
f.12 ‘Sirhind.’
f.12v Architectural motifs.
f.13 ‘Shrine of the murdered infants of Gooroo Govind - Sirhind.’
f.14 ‘Fort & Palace of Kythal.’
f.15 ‘Kythal.’
f.16 ‘2 of Runjeet’s horse 2 of Skinner’s escorting our carriage in a rainy morning.’
f.17 An Indian lady seated on a rug. ‘Mrs James Skinner.’ Pencil and water-colour.
f.18 ‘Skinner’s musjed Delhi.’
f.19 ‘Skinner’s Church Delhi’ with scaffolding still round the dome.
f.20 ‘East view of Delhi. a. Palace. b. Jumia Musjed.’
f.21 ‘Old serai Begumabad.’
f.22v Inscription only, referring to f.23: ‘1 Shah Mahmud (?) Selim. 2 Sultana Anitalassee Begum. 3 Benussen Begum. 4 Jharban Khanum.’
f.23 An elderly gentleman with his family around him, with a Mughal arcade behind. The principal personage and three of his ladies are described on f.22v. Also: ‘Nadejas Begum - Begum Jalee.’
f.23v A seated lady. ‘Sadat Sultana Begum.’
f.24v Ditto. ‘Waffa Begum.’
f.26 ‘Our tent.’
f.27 ‘Meerut Church in which Adelina was baptized.’
f.28 ‘Annadale fair Sept. 27th 1833.’
f.29 ‘Ghimuctesa ghaut.’
f.30 Tent by a river.
f.31 Fort of Allahabad - a trial version of next.
f.32 ‘Fort of Allahabad, showing the junction of the Jumna and Ganges’ with a bathing festival in progress.
f.33 ‘Chunar.’
f.34 ‘Chunar’ a closer view.
f.35 ‘Ramnaghur Benares in the distance.’
f.36 Architectural detail.
f.37 ‘Bissheshwar ghaut Benares.’
f.38 Flotilla passing the Rajmahal Hills.
f.39 ‘Putturghattah. Jan 22 1834.’
f.40 The same, with an encampment at the foot of the hill.
f.41 Bungalows in wooded hills.
f.42 A large bungalow crowning a hill amongst wooded hills.
f.43 A three-storeyed mansion, presumably Calcutta.
f.44 View of Table Bay, Cape Town?
f.45 Simonstown, Cape Province?
f.46 Views along the Ganges.
f.47 A laden barge.
f.48 A gateway.
f.49 Tents and camels.
f.50 Camels.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268351
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268351
- 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:
- 1833
- End Date:
- 1835
- Date Range:
- c 1834
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Skinner, James, c 1800-1850
- Subjects:
- Animals
Architecture
Churches
Indian Army
Military
Monuments and Memorials
Mosques
Portraits
Shrines
Sikhs
Transport
camp scenes
caravanseries
ethnic and religious groups
mammals