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Mss Eur C130/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003283848
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002264986
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035588787.0x000001
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- Mss Eur C130/1
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Album of 71 drawings made on a tiger-shooting expedition in the Rajmahal Hills (Bihar) and during the journey from and to Calcutta through Bengal. February and March 1837. Artist(s): Eden, Frances (1801-1849)
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71 drawings (55 folios) made on a tiger-shooting expedition in the Rajmahal Hills (Bihar) and during the journey from and to Calcutta through Bengal. February and March 1837.
Inscribed with number and, in some cases, titles.
Pen-and-ink; size of volume 11.25 by 7.75 ins.
f.2 1. Elephants resting under trees. 14 February 1837.
f.3 2. Small temple by a tree, near Bukrampore. 15 February 1837.
f.4 3. Village scene, Pangotta. 16 February 1837
f.5 4. Ruined house, ‘Dudpore’. 17 February 1837.
f.6 5. Banyan tree, Berhampore. 18 February 1837.
f.6v 6. Elephants feeding, Berhampore. 18 February 1837 (Dunbar 71).
f.7 7. Houses and temples, ‘Moorshadabad’. 19 February 1837.
f.7v 8. Cannon by a tree. ‘Near Moorshadabad’. 19 February 1837.
f.8 9. Gateway to Market Place, Murshidabad. ‘Market Place’,’ Moorshadabad’. Also small sketch of tonjon. 19 February 1837.
f.8v 10. ‘Mosque. Moorshadabad’. 20 February 1837.
f.9 11. ‘An Ekka’. Pony cart, Bomaneer. 21 February 1837 (Dunbar 141).
f.10 12. Camp scene; servants with bullock cart waiting beside tent, ‘Comra’. 22 February 1837.
f.11 13. Elephants with their mahouts beaneath a tree. ‘Elephants at supper’. 23 February 1837.
f.11v 14. Two coolies tying baggage to their yokes. ‘Coolies’.
f.12 15. Bridge at Udhua Nullah (Bihar). ‘Bridge at Oudnulla’. 24 February 1837.
f.12V 16. Another view of the bridge at Udhua Nullah with a tent beside it. ‘Bridge - Oudhnulla’. 24 February 1837.
f.13 17. ‘Remains of Palace, Rajmahal’. Tent in foreground. 26 February 1837.
f.I4 18. ‘Gateway. Rajmahal’. 26 February 1837.
f.14v 19. ‘Marble hall-Rajmahal’. 26 February 1837.
f.15 20. Palace ruins and village huts. ‘On the road from Rajmahal’. 27 February 1837.
f.15v 21. Mosque and village huts. ‘On the road from Rajmahal’. 27 February 1837.
f.16 22. Encampment beside a temple on the Ganges, ‘Pirpaharee’. 27 February 1837.
f.16v 23. Servants seated beside a camp fire. ‘Bearers at supper’. 27 February 1837 (Dunbar 164).
f.17 24. Washing the elephants. 28 February 1837 (Dunbar 62).
f.17v 25. Pet deer. ‘The deer’ (Dunbar 92).
f.18 26. ‘White ant’s nest & huts of the mahouts’.
f.18v 27. Landscape with huts and villagers, ‘Gudely’. 1 March 1837.
f.19 28. Hilly landscape with huts, ‘Gudely’. 1 March 1837.
f.19v 29. Landscape with tomb. ‘Near Sukra gully’. 3 March 1837.
f.20 30. Village scene with elephant. ‘Near Sukry gully’. 3 March 1837.
f.20v 31. ‘Cascade Rajmahal Hills’. 5 March 1837.
f.21 32. Hilly landscape with palanquin, ‘Sukree Gully’. 6 March 1837.
f.21v 33. Mosque with tent in foreground. ‘Mosque’. 6 March 1837.
f.22 34. Tent and bullock cart.
f.22v 35. Fort at Teliagarhi; elephants with shooting party in foreground. ‘Old fort. Teliagurry’. 8 March 1837.
f.23 36. Tents and bullock carts. ‘Selimporel’. 9 March 1837.
f.23v 37. ‘Elephants and Beaters’. 10 March 1837 (Dunbar 117).
f.24 38. Hilly landscape with ‘machan’. Tiger hunt. 10 March 1837.
f.25 39. Gateway and cannon. ‘Old Fort. Teliagurry’. 10 March 1837.
f.25v 40. Ruins. ‘Teliagurry’. 10 March 1837.
f.26 41. Ruins. ‘Teliagurry’. 10 March 1837.
f.27 42. Landscape with village and palm tree, ‘Pierpointy’. 12 March 1837.
f.27v 43. Camp equipment beside the river. ‘Stoppage by the side of the Ganges’. 12 March 1837.
f.28 44. River scene with boat, and elephants swimming. ‘Elephants swimming the Ganges’. 12 March 1837.
f.28v 45. Thatched huts in the fields. ‘Natives’ huts’.
f.29 46. Tiger’s carcase on elephant’s back. ‘Dead Tiger’. 13 March 1837 (Dunbar 72).
f.29v 47. ‘Buffaloes head’. 14 March 1837.
f.30 48. ‘Dead buffaloe’, on bullock cart. 14 March 1837.
f.31 49. ‘Mosque Imamganj’ (Dunbar 67).
f.32 50. Interior of tent with William Osborne reclining on bed, servant with fan, and pet deer on floor. 16 March 1837 (Dunbar 77).
f.33 51. Trees near a village. ‘Gooroburaeeba’. 16 March 1837.
f.33v 52. ‘Wild bees nest’ (Dunbar 136).
f.34 53. ‘Servants at supper’.
f.35 54. Steep ascent to tents, ‘Barsool’. 20 March 1837.
f.36 55. Cooking tent by the river. 20 March 1837.
f.37 56. Stone carving from Gaur used as a ‘Chimney piece’. Malda. 22 March 1837.
f.38 57. ‘Remains of Mosque near Gour’. 23 March 1837.
f.39 58. ‘Golden Mosque Gour’. Interior. 23 March 1857.
f.40 59. ‘Golden Mosque Gour’. Exterior. 23 March 1837.
f.41 60. ‘Guddry Mosque Gour’. 23 March 1837.
f.42 61. Ruins. ‘Surreeb’. 24 March 1837.
f.43 62. ‘Indigo Factory. Cumra’. 15 March 1837.
f.44 63. Deer and pariah dog. 26 March 1837.
f.45 64. ‘The Imaum Barah’. Murshidabad. 27 March 1837.
f.46 65. Water-tank in the Imambara. ‘The Imaum Barah’, Murshidabad. 27 March 1837.
f.47 66. Fore-deck of budgerow. ‘Inside of Budgerow’. 28 March 1837.
f.48 67. Country boats on the river, ‘Hooghly’. 29 March 1837 (Dunbar 111).
f.48v 68. Country boats on the river, ‘Hooghly’. 29 March 1837.
f.49 69. River bank. ‘Near Hoogly’. 30 March 1837 (Dunbar 81).
f.50 70. ‘Portuguese Church near Hoogly’. 31 March 1837.
f.51 71. European buildings. ‘Near Hoogly & Chinsurah’. 31 March 1837.
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- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002264986
040-003283847
041-003283848 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur C130 : Frances Eden papers.
Mss Eur C130/1-4 : EDEN, FRANCES (1801-1849) Fanny Eden, eighth daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, accompanied her sister Emily and…
Mss Eur C130/1 : Album of 71 drawings made on a tiger-shooting expedition in the Rajmahal Hills (Bihar) and during the journey from and to… - Hierarchy:
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European school - Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1837
- Date Range:
- 1837
- Era:
- CE
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Medium: pen-and-ink
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 185-187
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Eden, Frances, artist, 1801-1849
- Subjects:
- Women
shikar
sports and pastimes
travel scenes
women artists - Places:
- Bihar, West Bengal, India