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 16 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
The Sun Temple at Konarak - 1847

This is plate 3 from James Fergusson's 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. The sun temple at Konarak is one of the most famous of all India's temples, and considered a supreme achievement of Oriya architecture. Europeans in Fergusson's time knew it as the Black... Read More
 16 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Srirangam, near Madras, India: Water tank in the Temple. Coloured lithograph by Thomas Colman Dibdin after James Fergusson.
Published by J. Hogarth,London
Printed by M. & N. Hanhart - 1840

Credit: Wellcome Library, London Read More
 16 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Kanheri caves near Bombay - 1839

This is plate 17 from James Fergusson's 'Illustrations of the Rock Cut Temples of India'. The hills of Kanheri near Bombay host the largest Buddhist monastic site of western India. A number of these caves feature fine sculptures from the Vakataka period in the ... Read More
 15 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Gateway at Srirangam - 1847

This is plate 23 from James Fergusson's 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. Srirangam near Tiruchirapally is the site of one of the largest temple complexes in India. The gateway sketched by Fergusson is incomplete: the tower had not yet been added. It belongs to ... Read More
 13 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Tombs at Khuldabad - 1830

Pen and ink and wash drawing of tombs at Khuldabad by Francis Gresley (1807-1880), c.1830s. Inscribed on the drawing is: 'Durgah of Zurzuree Zurbuksh at Rozah'. On the reverse is a pencil drawing of a church, possibly Goa.

Khuldabad, meaning ‘Heavenly Abode’, is an... Read More
 12 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
'The tomb of Auranzebe. (He desired in his will that not more than 8 rupees was to be expended on it) - 1850

Water-colour painting of the tomb of Aurangzeb at Khuldabad in Maharashtra by William Carpenter (1818-1899), 1850-1856.

The simple grave of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, ruled 1658-1... Read More
 10 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
The river front at Benares looking from Ghoosla Ghat to Manikarnika Ghat - 1825

Pen-and-ink and water-colour drawing of the river front at Benares (Varanasi) looking from Ghoosla Ghat to Manikarnika Ghat by James Prinsep (1799-1840) in 1825. Inscribed on the reverse is: '12 November 1825. View... Read More
 9 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Temple Of Vishveshwar, Benares - 1834

Plate 8 from the third part of James Prinsep's 'Benares Illustrated'. Prinsep (1799-1840), an antiquary and colonial administrator was assay master at the Benares Mint between 1820-30. The lithographs published in this collection were based on his original... Read More
 8 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
'My camp opposite Mhaiswar 1841'

Pencil and ink drawing of Maheshwar across the river by Sir James Abbott (1807-1896) in 1841.

Maheshwar, situated on the north bank of the Narmada, has been identified as Mahishmati, the ancient capital of King Kartivirarjun, a spectacular temple city mentio... Read More
 7 Mar 2013 Rare Photographs
Palace of Maharaja of Indore, Benares
[Zürich] [1896]

Source: Zentralbibliothek Zürich Read More
 6 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Indore - 1867

This chromolithograph is taken from plate 15 of William Simpson's 'India: Ancient and Modern'. Indore is in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, and was the capital city of the Maratha Holkar dynasty, which survived from 1733 to 1818. British forces under Sir John Malcolm defeate... Read More
 6 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Gateway of the palace at Indore by William Carpenter, painting, watercolour on paper, India, 1852.

This view of the gateway and walls of the palace is taken from the main square with houses on the right and also includes the Maharaja's sawari or cavalcade of horsemen, while people throng the s... Read More
 6 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Mandleshwar, Indore - 1843

Pencil and ink drawing of Mandleshwar in Madhya Pradesh by Sir James Abbott (1807-1896) in 1843. The drawing is inscribed: 'Mundlaisir. Nimarr. J.A. 1843, River Narbudda.'

Mandleshwar in Central India is on the bank of the Narbada River at a narrow point where in ... Read More
 5 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Maheshwar, Indore - 1842

Pencil and ink drawing of bathing ghats on the river bank at Maheshwar by Sir James Abbott (1807-1896) in 1842. On the original mount is inscribed: 'From Nature by General James Abbott 1842. Ghaut or stairs to the revered memory of the Mah-ratta Princess Ahilya Bae at ... Read More
 4 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
'On the Hansi Road - near Delhi'. Worked up from an earlier sketch by R. Maclagan - 1843

Pen and ink drawing by Frederic Peter Layard (1818-1891) after an earlier sketch by R. Maclagan of the Engineers, of the Hansi Road near Delhi in Haryana, dated October 1843. The image is inscribed 'On the... Read More
 3 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Skinner's Horse at Exercise, 1840 (c).

Oil on canvas by John Reynolds Gwatkin (1807-1877), 1840 (c).

Men of the 1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Skinner's Horse) or 4th Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Baddley's Horse) display mounted combat skills, including tent-pegging.

Skinner's Horse was the ... Read More
 27 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Major William Palmer with His Second Wife, the Mughal Princess Bibi Faiz Bakhsh
By Johann Zoffany

Date painted: 1785
Oil on canvas, 101.5 x 127 cm

Her sister on his left. Three of his children and three women attendants complete the group.

The painting has also been attributed to Francesco Ren... Read More
 17 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
The Adyar River; in the distance St. Thomas's Mount and garden houses beside the river; in the foreground a terrace and country boat - 1836

Water-colour drawing of the Adyar River with St. Thomas's Mount in the distance by Justinian Gantz (1802-1862) in 1836. Inscribed on the original mount in... Read More
 17 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
William Carey and His Indian Pundit
By unknown artist
Oil on canvas, 130 x 103 cm

Portrait of William Carey (1761–1834) and Krishna Pal.

Collection: Regent's Park College, University of Oxford Read More
 15 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Hasan Reza Khan, Minister to Asaf al-Daula of Oudh - 1784
By Johann Zoffany

Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm

Collection: British Library Read More
 14 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Oudh (1754-1775) - 18th century AD

After Tilly Kettle

Watercolour and gilt on paper

By permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Read More