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Mss Eur B360b (1-64)
- Record Id:
- 040-003283681
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002278214
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035589346.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B360b (1-64)
- Title:
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Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35 Also 30 Benares paintings on mic
- Scope & Content:
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1. ‘Kuttra or Entrance court to Taj.’
2-9. The Taj Mahal, and details of the pietra dura work.
10. ‘Mosque in Taj Garden.’
11. Colonel John Hessing’s tomb in the old cemetery at Agra.
Inscribed below: ‘Mosque at Agra attached to the Monastery there built by Col. Hessing of the Mhiratta Service as a place for Christian worship.’
Note: A domed tomb-structure rather than a mosque, with its dome and corner minarets each surmounted by a cross. For his portrait and those of his family, see WD4420-23.
12. Rcihly decorated interior of a Mughal tomb, perhaps that of the preceding.
13. ‘Inside Jahangire’s Palace, Fort Agra.’
14. Pearl Mosque, Agra Fort.
15. Side mosque at the Taj Mahal.
16. Khas Mahal, Agra Fort.
17. Taj Mahal.
18. Akbar’s mausoleum at Sikandra.
19. Akbar’s cenotaph.
20. Qutb Minar at Delhi.
21. ‘Chine kar Rosa, Agra.’
22. ‘College, Agra.’
Note: the Agra College opened in 1823.
23. ‘31. Khan Allum ka Bagh.’
The garden of Khan 'Alam, just upriver from the Taj mahal.
24. ‘Lal baboo.’
Note: a Hindu temple.
25. A three-storeyed, rectangular, red sandstone building, unidentified.
26. The eastern gateway of the Taj Mahal.
27. ‘Bridge-Delhi.’
Note: an 11-arched bridge.
28. Agra College.
29. An octagonal red sandstone tomb with arcaded walls and ‘guldastas,’ with a white marble dome.
30. A tomb similar to the above.
31. A sandstone gateway.
32. ‘Mhatab Bagh, Agra.’
Note: i.e. the Mahtab Bagh, on the opposite bank of the Jumna to the Taj Mahal.
33. The Rup Sagar at Dig.
34. ‘Jeypore Gate.’
35. An unidentified building made into a European house.
36. ‘Delhi - Numal Monsoosr Singh ka Rosa.’
Note: i.e. the following tomb.
37. ‘Sufdur Jung’s Tomb Delhi.’
38. ‘Musjid at Muttra.’
39. ‘Ulwar Rajah’s House - Jyepire.’[?]
40. ‘Howalie Shah Woz Khan.’
41. Possibly the palace at Dig.
42. ‘Javed Baug’s Gateway.’
43. ‘Kumul Khan ka Hrsa.’ [?]
44. A single domed, red sandstone mosque, with cupolas at the corners, elevated on an arcaded plinth.
45. Salimgarh, Delhi [?]
46. A square tomb, with marble dome and arcaded surround.
47. ‘Gopal Dewan Deeg.’
48. ‘Jumma Musjid.’
49. ‘Gate of Jumma Musjid Delhi.’
50. Rup Sagar, Dig [?]
51. Mosque with three marble domes.
52. ‘Circular arch - Agra.’
Note: an hemispherical arch of marble over a sandstone arcade. This seems to be the jharokha opening along the south side of the Macchi Bhavan at Agra made for imperial appearances.
53. ‘Old Fort? of Delhi opposite ..outward.’
54. ‘Fort Agra.’
55. ‘Afzul Khan’s Chubatara at Delhi.’
56. A square open pavilion with nine domes on a plinth with corner cupolas.
Inscribed below: ‘Delhi.’
57. An octagonal domed red tomb on a wide square plinth with corner pavilions.
58. The Rup Sagar, Dig.
59. A ruined mosque and gateway.
Inscribed above: ‘On the road to Secundra.’
60. The 11-arched bridge at Delhi.
61. Safdar Jang’s tomb at Delhi.
62. The same house as at 35 above.
63. ‘Bourriah ka Talao built by Ahmad Khan.’
Note: the Buriya Talao at Itimadpur.
64. ‘Tank Square, Calcutta.’
Note: an engraving.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002278214
040-003283681 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur B360 : Lady Florentia Sale papers.
Mss Eur B360b (1-64) : Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002278214[0002]/040-003283681
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur B360
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Agra style
- Start Date:
- 1829
- End Date:
- 1831
- Date Range:
- c 1830
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, India