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Add Or 4735

Record Id:

040-003278570

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003278523

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002315

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100146889529.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 4735

Title:

The Mughal interior of the west gate to Allahabad Fort. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)

Scope & Content:

The Mughal interior of the west gate to Allahabad Fort, with a sepoy standing guard.

Inscribed below: ‘Interior of the same.’

373 by 411 mm.

Watercolour of the interior of the western gateway to Allahabad fort from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Benares to Nazibghur Vol. III' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r. 1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15.

The Allahabad fort and palace was built by Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) between 1583-84, at the junction of the Ganges and Jumna rivers. Though most of the Allahabad fort has been demolished, the zenana pavilion for women still remains. In 1798, Nawab Saadat Ali Khan of Avadh (r.1798-1814) ceded the fort "to the East India Company to their exclusive possession with all its buildings and ghat, immediately dependent on the fort as necessary for the purpose of an esplanade." According to Lord Moira who visited the fort in September 1814, the exterior of the fort including the wall and gateways had been rebuilt in an European manner, explaining the change in architectural style. View of the Mughal interior of the west gate to Allahabad Fort, with a sepoy standing guard.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Hastings Albums

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003278523
040-003278570

Is part of:

Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406 : THE HASTINGS ALBUMS 25 albums of drawings by Indian, Chinese and British artists collected by the Earl of…

Add Or 4735 : The Mughal interior of the west gate to Allahabad Fort. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)

Hierarchy:

032-003278523[0047]/040-003278570

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View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

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Styles:

Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style

Start Date:

1814

End Date:

1815

Date Range:

1814-1815

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