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WD698
- Record Id:
- 040-003288918
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288785
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x00047b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143422461.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD698
- Title:
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The stupa, Sarnath (U.P.). Copy after a lost sketch made in 1814. Artist(s): 'Abdullah, Shaikh (fl. 1818-1819)
- Scope & Content:
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(24) The stupa, Sarnath (U.P.). January 1814.
Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Samaudh of Rajah Booth-Sain at Sara-Naat near Benares, January 1814. Copied by Sheik Abdulla. April 1819. It is said that a Door opened formerly into this Samaudh by which the Votaries entered to deposit their offerings of Victuals, etc in Vases, Pots, & Dishes, but the offerings being frequently stolen the Natives in their simplicity believe that the Door closed up of its own accord.’
Water-colour; 12 by 19 ins.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- MacKenzie Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288785
040-003288918 - Is part of:
- MacKenzie Collection : MacKenzie CollectionMACKENZIE, COLIN (1754-1821) Madras Engineers 1782-1821; Surveyor-General of India 1817-21.
WD698 : The stupa, Sarnath (U.P.). Copy after a lost sketch made in 1814. Artist(s): 'Abdullah, Shaikh (fl. 1818-1819) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288785[0133]/040-003288918
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MacKenzie Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143422461.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style - Start Date:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1819
- Date Range:
- 1819
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 491
- Exhibitions:
- Colin Mackenzie: Collector Extraordinaire, Museum nan Eilean, Stornoway, 11 Aug 2017 - 17 Nov 2017
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)