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WD1062
- Record Id:
- 040-003289177
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288785
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x00057e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1062
- Title:
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Album of 32 drawings, mainly of architecture and sculpture in the Deccan and S. India.1793-1806. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
- Scope & Content:
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'Book 10'. 32 drawings (46 folios), mainly of architecture and sculpture in the Deccan and S. India. 1793-1806.
Inscribed on original cover in ink: 10. Original Rough Sketches. Hindoo Sculptures & Antiquities.
f.1. inscribed in ink: This book contains 32 drawings; in red ink: C. McK.
Drawings inscribed with titles.
Volume 10 in Wilson's catalogue, p.581.
'Book 10' in Library's handlist, Mss Eur D562/3.
Pencil, pen-and-ink, wash, and water-colour; size of volume 14.5 by 11 ins.
NOTE: Most of the sketches are by MacKenzie himself. f.21 appears to have been made by his pundit, Boria, in 1806. 28 of the 32 drawings are original sketches for drawings in WD1065.
Nos.11, 17, 28 and 29 do not appear to have been duplicated elsewhere.
f.1 ‘This book contains 32 drawings.’
f.4 Gateway at Kondavid Durg. ‘Specimen of Hindoo Architecture. A gate at Condavir 1796’.
f.5 Two pencil sketches of stone carvings at Tripurattakam (A.P.), 26 February 1794. Based on sketches in Mss.Eur/Mack.Misc.82, folio 8. Top sketch shows the submerged deity in the Goddess temple. Lower sketch shows a sculpture on the wall of the entrance porch, Tirupurattakam Temple.
f.6 Pencil and wash sketches of drawings in f.5.
f.7 Pencil and wash sketch of the lower drawing in f.5,6.
f.8 Pencil and wash sketch of upper drawing in f.5,6.
f.9 Carved stone at Sidampuram depicting a turbaned head.
f.10 Sketches from the Mallikarjuna Temple at Srisailam (A.P.), March 1794.
f.15 Stone carved with a male figure.
f.17 Sketches of carved stones. ‘Hanuman and Lakshmana. Jany 97.’
f.18 Two Hero Stones.
f.21 Section of a mandapam drawn during the Mysore Survey. ‘orignl sketch by Boria in 1806’
f.22 A metal ekamukhalinga next to a lamp. ‘Casee Iswara. 1806.’ Copy of WD1065, f.23, dated May 1800.
f.23 Stone carved with a person on a swing. ‘Tulluck Apl 30 1801’.
f.24 ‘Doorga as sculptured on a stone 3 feet high at Sirwalla May 5th 1801.’
f.25 Front and back of a free standing carved stone figure at Hemavati (KA). ‘Sroonapa Dewar at Dharmapur near Hemawutty August 30th 1801.’
f.26 Standing female figure carved into a window frame at Hemavati (KA). ‘Window at Hemawutti’.
f.27 ‘Sculptured stone near Baswapatam July 30 1800.’
f.28 Detail on a carved stone. ‘Oct 1801 Sravagoody’.
f.29 Three pictures of friezes on a stone carved platform.
f.30 Roof painting in the Sangam Math at Anegondi. ‘Painting on the roof of the Sangam Mutt at Anagoondy Jany 1801’.
f.31 Detail of a wall painting (at Anegondi?)
f.32 Detail of a wall painting (at Anegondi?)
f.33 Detail of a wall painting (at Anegondi?)
f.34 Detail of a wall painting (at Anegondi?)
f.35 Detail of a wall painting (at Anegondi?)
f.36 A Syrian tombstone?
f.37 Hero Stone.
f.41 Carved stone found at Amaravati, c.1797. Reproduced as an engraving in Asiatick Researches (9) 1809, opposite p.274.
f.42 ‘Buddha’
f.43 Two pictures of the colossal Gomatesvara statue at Sravana Belgola. ‘Gigantic Statue of Gomut Iswar at Billaculloo. Gigantic statue of Gomut Iswar at Billaculloo or Bellagoola.’
f.44 Three sculptures. A standing Parsvanath and Adisvar, both in the gallery of the temple at Sravana Belgola. Copied in WD1065, f.57. The third sculpture represents the ‘Female sex of the Jain cast.’
f.45 Two seated Jinas.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- MacKenzie Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288785
040-003289177 - Is part of:
- MacKenzie Collection : MacKenzie CollectionMACKENZIE, COLIN (1754-1821) Madras Engineers 1782-1821; Surveyor-General of India 1817-21.
WD1062 : Album of 32 drawings, mainly of architecture and sculpture in the Deccan and S. India.1793-1806. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288785[0392]/040-003289177
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MacKenzie Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1793
- End Date:
- 1806
- Date Range:
- 1793-1806
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; pen-and-ink; wash; watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 531
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- MacKenzie, Colin, 1754-1821
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Sculpture