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WD1350
- Record Id:
- 040-003281766
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281765
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002f91
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1350
- Title:
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Album of 17 drawings of landscapes in the Palni Hills,. Artist(s): Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892)
- Scope & Content:
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17 drawings (35 folios) of landscapes in the Palni Hills,. 1862.
Volume entitled: ‘Sketches of the Pulni Mountains.’
Printed descriptions attached to each picture and also pencil descriptions on sketches.
Pen-and-ink; size of volume 22.5 by 31.75 ins.
Deposited c.1866.
f.2 Frontispiece. ‘The Devil's Gap.’ Bodinalkenur Pass.
f.5’ 1. Panorama of the High Range of the Pulnis from the summit of the Perumal mullay.’
f.7 ‘2. View from the high ground west of the settlement of Kudaikarnal.’
f.9 ‘3. View of Perumal Mullay from the encampment.’
f.11 ‘4. Panorama overlooking the Cumbum’ ‘Valley.’
f.13 ‘5. The Pillar Rocks.’
f.15 ‘6. Bird's Eye view of the ancient lake’ near Kodaikanal.
f.17 ‘7. View of the ancient lake from near the breach’ in the embankment. Near Kodaikanal.
f.19 ‘8. The breached embankment.’
f.21 ‘9. View of the boundary ridge dividing the Pulnis’ ‘from Travancore.’ Englishmen shooting bison in foreground.
f.23 ‘10. Village on the lower Pulnis.’
f.25 ‘11. View near Perryoor on the lower Pulnis.’
f.27 ‘12. View of the lower Pulnis.’
f.29 ‘13. View of the entrance to the village of Perryoor.’
f.31 ‘14. View on the lower Pulnis.’
f.33 ‘15. The Pulnis from the village of Pulni.’ Villagers in the foreground.
f.35 Vignette. Mountain antelope and Ponjola Hill.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281765
040-003281766 - Is part of:
- WD1350-1351, WD566-568 : HAMILTON, DOUGLAS (1818-1892) Served with the 21st Madras Native Infantry 1837 to 1871. Major 1847; Lieut.-Colonel…
WD1350 : Album of 17 drawings of landscapes in the Palni Hills,. Artist(s): Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003281765[0001]/040-003281766
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD1350-1351, WD566-568
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- 1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hamilton, Douglas, 1818-1892
- Subjects:
- Villages
topographical views - Places:
- Kodaikanal, Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, India