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WD125
- Record Id:
- 040-003288227
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x0001c8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100137997182.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD125
- Title:
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View from Gawilgarh (Berar). Artist(s): Taylor, Philip Meadows (1808-1876)
- Scope & Content:
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Pen-and-ink and wash drawing by Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-1876) of a view from Gawilgarh in Berar, Maharashtra, dated 1837.
Inscribed on front in ink:’ Tower over the Peer Putteh Gate. Gawi1gurh. Looking towards Ellichpoor.’
On back, an unfinished sketch.
The hill fortress at Gawilgarh, built by Ahmad Shah I of the Brahmani Dynasty in the 1420's, was held by the Nizam and the Marathas, before being captured by Colonel Arthur Wellesley in 1803, during the Second Maratha War. Taylor spent a large part of his career in India in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad, in the role of soldier, adminstrator, Superintendant of Bazaars and Assistant Superintendant of Police for the southwestern districts of Hyderabad.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288215
040-003288227 - Is part of:
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808-1876) : TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808-1876) Meadows Taylor joined a commercial house in Bombay in 1823, and in 1824…
WD125 : View from Gawilgarh (Berar). Artist(s): Taylor, Philip Meadows (1808-1876) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288215[0012]/040-003288227
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808-1876)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100137997182.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1837
- Date Range:
- 1837
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; wash. 45 x 54 cm
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 336
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)