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WD700
- Record Id:
- 040-003288920
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288785
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x00047d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD700
- Title:
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N.W. view of Sher Shah's Tomb, Sasaram, Bihar. Copy of a sketch made in 1814.. Artist(s): 'Abdullah, Shaikh (fl. 1818-1819)
- Scope & Content:
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(26) N.W. view of Sher Shah's Tomb, Sasaram (Bihar). 6 January 1814.
Inscribed on front in ink: ‘N.W. Sketch of Shaar Shaw's Tomb as seen from the Encamping ground at Sassaram, 6th January 1814. Copied by Shaik Abdullah 17th July 1819.’
See J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (2010), plate 33 and pp.198, 200.
For the sketch of this watercolour see WD758 (reproduced in Howes 2010, fig.6.7).
Water-colour; 12.75 by 19.5 ins.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- MacKenzie Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288785
040-003288920 - Is part of:
- MacKenzie Collection : MacKenzie CollectionMACKENZIE, COLIN (1754-1821) Madras Engineers 1782-1821; Surveyor-General of India 1817-21.
WD700 : N.W. view of Sher Shah's Tomb, Sasaram, Bihar. Copy of a sketch made in 1814.. Artist(s): 'Abdullah, Shaikh (fl. 1818-1819) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288785[0135]/040-003288920
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MacKenzie Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style - Start Date:
- 1814
- End Date:
- 1819
- Date Range:
- 1814-1819
- 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, 492
- 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)
- Names:
- Abdullah, Shaikh, fl 1818-1819
- Subjects:
- Monuments and Memorials
Tombs - Places:
- Sasaram, Bihar, India