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WD309
- Record Id:
- 040-003851655
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287852
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120695327.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD309
- Title:
- Sketchbook of 29 drawings of landscapes and architecture in the Punjab and U.P. 1812 and 1813. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
- Scope & Content:
- 29 drawings (29 folios) of landscapes and architecture in the Punjab and U.P. 1812 and 1813. Inscribed on original cover:’ No. 4. Rewarry & Seik Country: Siharunpoor & Hurdwar. Lines of March etc.’; on inside of cover: ‘Drawn by Col Smith. R.E. Owner of the extensive round house at Paignton, Devon. Book of Sketches sold by auction at the above house - 4 of the books purchased by me. J. Pethwick. The Colonel was splendid as a draftsman, but the worst possible as a painter.’ Drawings inscribed with titles in pencil. f.1 ‘1.’ ‘Pagoda near Rewarry. Decr. 1812.’ f.2 ‘2.’ ‘Sehoo near Rewarry. Decr. 1812. A Fort.’ f.3v&4’ 3.’ ‘Sehoo & Hills towards Rewarry. Decr. 1813.’ f.5 ‘4.’ ‘Raja Sing's House between Bohow & Rewarry. Decr. 1812.’ Wall-paintings on house. f.6 ‘5.’ ‘Fort at Daree. Decr. 1812.’ f.7 ‘6.’ ‘Pagoda & Tank. Bowanny. Decr. 1812’. f.8 ‘7.’ ‘Tank &Fort of Hansi. Jany. 1813’. f.9 ‘8.’ ‘Town & Fort of Hansi. Jany. 1813.’ f.10 ‘9.’ ‘Feros's Lhat, Hissahr, Jany. 1813’. f.11 ‘10.’ ‘Delhi Gate of Hissahr. Jany. 1813’. f.12 ‘11.’ ‘Tanks at Jheend. Jany. 1813.’ f.13 ‘12.’ ‘Rajah's House & Part of the Town of Jheend. Jany. 1813.’ f.14 ‘13.’ ‘Tank & Ghaut at Suffedoon. Jany. 1813. Seik Country’. f.15 ‘14.’ ‘Fort & Tank. Suffedoon. Jany. 1813’. f.16 ‘15.’ ‘Part of the Village of Gungoun. District of Saharunpore. Jany. 1813.’ f.17 ‘16.’ ‘Burgud Tree, district of Saharunpore. Jany. 1813.’ f.18 17 ‘. Persian Wheel used by the Sieks & in the Districts North of Delhi. Jany. 1813.’ f.19 ‘18.’ ‘Snowy Mountains of Thibet from Saharunpore District. Jany. 1813.’ f.20 ‘19.’ ‘Village of Bugwanpore & mountains of Thibet between Saharunpore & Hurdwar. Jany. 1813.’ f.21 ‘20.’ ‘Part of Kunkul near Hardwar. Jany. 1813.’ f.22 ‘21.’ ‘Part of Hurdwar. Jany. 1813’. f.23 ‘22.’ ‘View behind the Town, Hurdwar. Jany. 1813’. f.24 ‘23.’ ‘Hurdwar from Opt Bank. Jany. 1813’. f.24 & 25’ 24.’ ‘Sacred Hindoo Trident. Opt Hurdwar. Jany. 1813’. f.26 25 ‘View above Hurdwar. Jany. 1813.’ View of river and mountains. f.27 ‘26.’ ‘Upper End of Hurdwar. Jany. 1813.’ f.28 Ruined temple overgrown with bushes, probably at Hardwar (U.P.). f.28v Sketches of line of march with elephants and troops crossing a river. f.29v Plan, perhaps of Hissar (Punjab).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287852
040-003851655 - Is part of:
- SMITH, ROBERT (1787-1873) : SMITH, ROBERT (1787-1873) Smith was in India from 1805 to 1830, in the Bengal Engineers; Lieut. 1807, serving as…
WD309 : Sketchbook of 29 drawings of landscapes and architecture in the Punjab and U.P. 1812 and 1813. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873) - Contains:
- WD309(1) : Pagoda near Rewarry. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(2) : Sehoo near Rewarry. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(3v-4) : Sehoo and Hills towards Rewarry. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(5) : Raja Sing's House between Bohow and Rewarry. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(6) : Fort at Daree. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(7) : Pagoda and Tank. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(8) : Tank and Fort of Hansi. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(9) : Town and Fort of Hansi. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(10) : Feros's Lhat, Hissahr [Feroz's Lat, Hissar]. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(11) : Delhi Gate of Hissahr [Hissar]. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(12) : Tanks at Jheend. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(13) : Rajah's House and Part of the Town of Jheend. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(14) : Tank and Ghaut at Suffedoon. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(15) : Fort and Tank. Suffedoon. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(16) : Part of the Village of Gungoun. District of Saharunpore. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(17) : Burgud Tree, district of Saharunpore. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(18) : Persian Wheel used by the Sieks [sic] and in the Districts North of Delhi. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(19) : Snowy Mountains of Thibet from Saharunpore District. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(20) : Village of Bugwanpore and mountains of Thibet between Saharunpore and Hurdwar. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(21) : Part of Kunkul near Hardwar. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(22) : Part of Hurdwar. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(23) : View behind the Town, Hurdwar. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(24) : Hurdwar from Opt Bank. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(24v-25) : Sacred Hindoo Trident. Opt Hurdwar. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD309(26) : View above Hurdwar. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
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- 032-003287852[0004]/040-003851655
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: SMITH, ROBERT (1787-1873)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 album
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1812
- End Date:
- 1813
- Date Range:
- 1812-1813
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Medium: pencil
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 318-319
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Smith, Robert, 1787-1873
- Places:
- Rewari, Bhiwani, Hansi, Jind, Haryana, India, Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh