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Mss Eur C130/3
- Record Id:
- 041-003283850
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002264986
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035588795.0x000001
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C130/3
- Title:
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Album of 55 drawings made during the journey ‘up the country’ between Cawnpore and Mussoorie (U.P.). January to March 1838. Artist(s): Eden, Frances (1801-1849)
- Scope & Content:
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55 drawings (65 folios) made during the journey ‘up the country’ between Cawnpore and Mussoorie (U.P.). January to March 1838.
Inscribed with numbers and sometimes with title.
Pen-and-ink, pastel and water-colour; size of volume 10 by 7.25 ins.
f.2 53. Two hunting cheetahs with their attendants. 1 January 1838.
f.3 54. View of the city of Lucknow (U.P.).
f.4 55. Doorway of the Great Imambara, Lucknow.
f.5 56. View of Lucknow showing the Constantinople Gate and Mosque of Asaf al-Daula (Dunbar 121).
f.6 57. Nasir al-Din Shah, ‘the late King of Oudh’, in his carriage. Copied by Fanny Eden from an Indian drawing (Dunbar, 102).
f.6v 58. One of the King of Oudh’s palaces.
f.8 59. Head-dresses, Cawnpore. 3 January 1838.
f.9 60. Howdah of Oudh elephant.
f.10 61. Mukwanpore Gateway near tamarind tree, Mikrampur (?). 7 January 1838.
f.11 62. Building with elephant and camel in foreground, Kanauj. 7 January 1838.
f.12 63. Banyan tree and camel near camp. 9 January 1838.
f.13 64. Aged father of ‘Sancho Panzo’ (one of the camp followers) with a child, Fatehgarh. 10 January.
f.13v,14 65. Landscape with large house in distance, Fatehgarh. 10 January 1838.
f.17 66. Chief of Irregular Horse, Fatehganj. 16 January 1838 (Dunbar, facing 178).
f.17v,18 67. Ruined gateway, Fatehganj. 16 January 1838.
f.18 68. Mounted soldier in chain mail, Bareilly. 19 January 1838 (Dunbar, facing 178).
f.20 69. Elephant equipage, Bareilly. 21 January 1838.
f.21 70. William Osborne smoking a hookah, Bareilly. 21 January 1838. (Dunbar, facing 82).
f.22 71. Head and shoulder portraits of two turbaned Indians, Fatehganj. 23 January 1838.
f.23 72. Copy of portraits of two thugs - ‘Thakoordar. Zoolficar’ - Ramora. 24 January 1838.
f.24 73. Merchant’s tent by river, Ramora. 24 January 1838.
f.25 74. Copy of a picture of ‘Thugs fixing the attention of a traveller upon something mysterious in the clouds that he may be strangled unaware.’
f.26 75. Copy of a picture of ‘Thugs in the act of strangling a traveller.’
f.27 76. Copy of a picture of ‘Thugs strangling a traveller on horseback.’
Note: ff.25-27 are copies after James Paton (1798-1847), First Assistant to the Resident at Lucknow and Extra Assistant to the Superintendent for the Suppression of Thuggee and Dacoitee, from his 'Collections on Thuggee and Dacoitee' Add.MS.41300 (ff.88, 54 and 73 respectively).
f.29 77. Policeman.
f.29v,30 78. Mosque and camp, Amroha. 1 February 1838.
f.31 79. Old soldier, Amroha. 1 February 1838.
f.32 80. Gateway, Moradabad. 31 January 1838.
f.33 81. Pilgrim with holy water. 4 February 1838.
f.34 82. Jeweller with his wares.
f.35 83. Holy man with his bullock, Meerut. 8 February 1838.
f.35v,36 84. Tomb near Meerut. 9 February 1838.
f.37 85. Indian with bow, Meerut. 10 February 1838.
f.38 86. One of the ‘police people’, Meerut. 15 February 1838.
f.39 87. Indian with sword, ‘policeman’ and wrestler, Delhi. 17 February 1838.
f.40 88. Kotla of Firoz Shah and Lat, Old Delhi. 17 February 1838.
f.41 89. Ruins of Old Delhi. 17 February 1838.
f.42 90. Emperor’s tomb, near Delhi. 21 February 1838.
f.43 91. Ruined gateway to Qutb Minar. 21 February 1838.
f.44 92. The Qutb Minar. 21 February 1838.
f.45 93. Detail of carving on the Qutb Minar. 22 February 1838.
f.45v,46 94. Gateway by the Qutb Minar. 22 February 1838.
f.46v,47 95. Distant view of Qutb Minar. 22 February 1838.
f.48 96. Well with jumping figures, Delhi. 3 February 1838.
f.50 97. Persian Wheel, Panipat. 27 February 1838.
f.51 98. Captain Cunningham (A.D.C.) with sentry outside his tent, near Karnal. 1 March 1838.
f.52 99. A Brahmin convert to Christianity, Karnal. 3 March 1838.
f.53 100. Boy with white mice in cage. 4 March 1838.
f.55 101. Camels in camp. 8 March 1838.
f.56 102. Seated Indian, a Gujar, with sword and sheld, Saharanpur. 11 March 1838.
f.57 103. A servant cooking near Saharanpur. 13 March 1838.
f.58 104. A soldier of Skinner’s Horse. 13 March 1838.
f.59 105. Fanny Eden’s ‘darzi’ (tailor), Dehra Dun. 15 March 1838.
f.60v,61 106. Tent at foot of the hills, Dehra Dun. 17 March 1838.
f.64 107. A jampan, with bearers, Mussoorie. 18 March 1838.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002264986
040-003283847
041-003283850 - 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 C130/3 : Album of 55 drawings made during the journey ‘up the country’ between Cawnpore and Mussoorie (U.P.). January to March… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002264986[0001]/040-003283847[0003]/041-003283850
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- 1 Item
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- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1838
- End Date:
- 1838
- Date Range:
- 1838
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; pastel; watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 189-190
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Eden, Frances, artist, 1801-1849
- Subjects:
- Women
travel scenes
women artists