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Foster 25
- Record Id:
- 040-003287874
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287868
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000067
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 25
- Title:
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Mausoleum of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar. The mausoleum stands in a tank with a peacock boat in the foreground. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
- Scope & Content:
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Mausoleum of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar, 1772-73
The mausoleum stands in a tank with a peacock boat in the foreground.
Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward No.X’; on frame: ‘Mausoleum of the Emperor Shir Shah in a large Tank near Sasaram in Behar’
32 by 51 ins (81 by 130 cms)
Exhibited: ‘India Observed’, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 (4)
Sher Shah, the Pathan Governor of Bihar, drove the Mughal Emperor, Humayun, from Delhi in 1540 and installed himself as ruler. He was killed five years later in the storming of Kalinjar.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287868
040-003287874 - Is part of:
- WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794) : WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794) Madras army c.1760-64. Ensign and Lieutenant; 1773-87. Captain c.1773;…
Foster 25 : Mausoleum of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar. The mausoleum stands in a tank with a peacock boat in the foreground. Artist(s): Ward,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287868[0006]/040-003287874
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WARD, FRANCIS SWAIN (1736-1794)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1772
- End Date:
- 1773
- Date Range:
- 1772-1773
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: oil paint; canvas
- Former Internal References:
- F 25
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, The India Office collection of paintings and sculpture (London, 1986), 79
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ward, Francis Swain, 1736-1794
- Subjects:
- Boats
Monuments and Memorials
Tombs
Transport - Places:
- Sasaram, Bihar, India