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WD312
- Record Id:
- 040-003851740
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287852
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120972824.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD312
- Title:
- Sketchbook of 27 drawings of views made during a march from Benares to Bareilly (U.P.), probably en route for Almora (U.P.). 1814. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
- Scope & Content:
- 27 drawings (29 folios) of views made during a march from Benares to Bareilly (U.P.), probably en route for Almora (U.P.). 1814. Inscribed on original cover: ‘No. XIII. Ganges & Luknow’. Drawings inscribed with titles in pencil. f.1 Unfinished sketch of building and trees. f.1v,2’ 2.’ ‘View near Rajgaut, Benares, Sept. 1814.’ f.2v,3’ 3.’ ‘Rajgaut. Benares. Sepr. 1814.’ f.4’ 4.’ ‘City of Benares. Sepr. 1814’. f.5’ 5.’ ‘Part of Mirzapore. Sepr. 1814.’ f.5v,6’ 6.’ ‘Currah. Sepr. 1814.’ f.7’ 7.’ ‘Part of Manikpore. Oct. 1814’. f.8’ 8.’ ‘Dalmow. Octr. 1814.’ f.8v,9’ 9.’ ‘Part of Janjmow. Oct. 1814.’ f.9v’ 10. Janjmow. Oct. 1814’. f.10v’ 11.’ ‘Part of the Nawab Vizir's marching Equipage. Oct. 1814’. Fish-shaped car. f.11 12’. Constantia. Luknow. Nov. 1814’. f.12’ 13.’ ‘Baronne near Luknow. Nov. 1814’. f.13’ 14.’ ‘Romy or Constantinople Gate. Luknow. Nov. 1814’. f.14’ 15.’ ‘Part 1st. Luknow. Novr. 1814.’ f.15v,16 ‘15.’ ‘Pt. 2nd. Luknow. Nov. 1814.’ f.17v,18 ‘15.’ ‘Pt. 3rd. Luknow. Nov. 1814.’ f.18v,19 ‘16.’ ‘Old Chowk & Entrance to the Emaumbarah. Luknow. Nov. 1814’. f.20’ 17.’ ‘New House of the Nawab Vizir. Luknow. Nov. 1814.’ f.22’ 18.’ ‘Constantia from Dhil Coushah Park. Luknow. Novr. 1814’. f.23’ 19.’ ‘Old Fort, Mahowl. Nov. 1814.’ f.23v ‘Trooper of the Nawab Jungy, Bareilly’. f.24v Sketches of the line of march with bullock carts, elephants, horsemen, etc. f.25v Sketches of the line of march with elephants, camels, hackeries, horsemen and coolies, etc. f.26v,27 Panorama of a review of troops, probably at Lucknow. f.27,28 Entertainment, probably in Constantia Park, with fireworks, balloons and artificial elephants. f.29 Sketches of the line of march with elephants & camels.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Oil Paintings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287852
040-003851740 - 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…
WD312 : Sketchbook of 27 drawings of views made during a march from Benares to Bareilly (U.P.), probably en route for Almora (U.P.). 1814.… - Contains:
- WD312(1) : [Unfinished sketch of building and trees]. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(1v-2) : View near Rajgaut, Benares, Sept. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(2v-3) : Rajgaut. Benares. Sepr. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(4) : City of Benares. Sepr. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(5) : Part of Mirzapore. Sepr. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(5v-6) : Currah. Sepr. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(7) : Part of Manikpore. Oct. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(8) : Dalmow. Octr. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(8v-9) : Part of Janjmow. Oct. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(9v) : Janjmow. Oct. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(10v) : Part of the Nawab Vizir's marching Equipage. Oct. 1814. Fish-shaped car. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(11) : Constantia. Luknow. Nov. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(12) : Baronne near Luknow. Nov. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(13) : Romy or Constantinople Gate. Luknow. Nov. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(13v-14) : Part 1st. Luknow. Novr. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(15v-16) : Pt. 2nd. Luknow. Nov. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(17v-18) : Pt. 3rd. Luknow. Nov. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(18v-19) : Old Chowk & Entrance to the Emaumbarah. Luknow. Nov. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(19v-20) : New House of the Nawab Vizir. Luknow. Nov. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(21v-22) : Constantia from Dhil Coushah Park. Luknow. Novr. 1814 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(23) : Old Fort, Mahowl. Nov. 1814. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(23v) : Trooper of the Nawab Jungy, Bareilly Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(24v) : Sketches of the line of march with bullock carts, elephants, horsemen, etc. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(25v) : Sketches of the line of march with elephants, camels, hackeries, horsemen and coolies, etc. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
WD312(26v-27) : Panorama of a review of troops, probably at Lucknow. Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
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- 032-003287852[0007]/040-003851740
- 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:
- 1814
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 1814
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Pencil on paper
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 320-321
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Smith, Robert, 1787-1873
- Subjects:
- Architecture
topographical views - Places:
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India, Benares