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 11 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Hindu Temple at Agouree, on the Rover Soane, Bihar
By Thomas Daniell
Print, aquatint
1795

This picturesque scene has a great banyan tree in the foreground, its twisted branches and roots spreading far and wide across the landscape. Through the branches the viewer can see a groupd of Hindu t... Read More
 10 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Opium cultivation scene - 1865
William Simpson

Malwa, India

Watercolour on paper

William Simpson was born in Glasgow in 1823. He worked at a specialist lithographic firm, where he learned the art of lithography, before moving to London and working for the publishing firm William Day and... Read More
 10 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Study of a banyan tree at Mauringa, Assam in pencil, pen and possibly ink and traces of chalk.

Mauringa, India

15 October 1861
De Fabeck, Frederick William Alexander, born 1830 - died 1912

Pencil, pen and ink (?), watercolour , traces of chalk (?) heightened with white

The brothers F... Read More
 10 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Hindu Temple, Duabe near Manpore
William Orme
Pencil and watercolour

William Orme, who was active from about 1795 to 1819, was born in Manchester and was almost certainly the younger brother of Daniel Orme (also born in Manchester), and older brother of Edward Orme. An early watercolour by h... Read More
 9 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Banyan tree, or Indian fig tree, with Hindu shrine at Gaya, Bihar. India
Coloured Aquatint 1796 By: Thomas Daniell
Printed: Published as the act directs for Tho[ma]s Daniell by Rob[er]t Bowyer,[London] (Historic Gallery Pall Mall) :
May 1796

Credit: Wellcome Library, London Read More
 8 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside.

Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.
1793 By: William Hodges after: Benjamin Thomas Pouncy and Warren Hastings
Published: Thos. Palser,[London] (Surry Side Westminster Bridge) : [1793]

Credit: Wellcome Librar... Read More
 8 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Sacred banyan tree and temple at Joucalla between Kaliyanpur and Berhampore - 1795

Watercolour of a sacred banyan tree and temple at Joucalla, by an anonymous artist, part of the Hyde Collection, c. 1790-1800. Inscribed on the back in ink and pencil: 'Fukeers' Taqoorbarriee and Sacred Banian Tre... Read More
 5 May 2013 Rare Paintings
Bishop's College, near Calcutta - 1822

Coloured aquatint of Bishop's College near Calcutta by an anonymous printmaker published in London in 1822 by R. Ackermann for the Missionary Establishment of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts. Bishop's College wa... Read More
 28 Apr 2013 Rare Paintings
Fort at Allahabad seen from the river - 1814

Water-colour painting of the fort at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh seen from the river by Robert Smith (1787-1873) between 1814 and 1815. Inscribed on the mount in pencil is: 'Allahabad.'

The fort at Allahabad was built on the confluence of the Gang... Read More
 23 Apr 2013 Rare Paintings
Landscape at Neel-Droog with horseriders, near Mysore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after A. Allan, 1794.
Published: [London] (No. 6 Great Marlborough Street) 4 June 1794

Credit: Wellcome Library, London Read More
 31 Mar 2013 New Books
New Book:
Illustrating India: The Early Colonial Investigations of Colin MacKenzie (1784-1821)
By Jennifer Howes
Published by Oxford University Press - 2010

Colin Mackenzie, the first Surveyor General of India, left behind a massive collection of manuscripts and drawings gathered between 1784 an... Read More
 30 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Sculpture of Nandi from a temple at Dracheram - 21 July 1815

Pen and ink drawing of a sculpture of Nandi from Dracheram, by an anonymous artist, part of the MacKenzie Collection and from an album of 37 drawings (43 folios) of sculpture at Jajpur, Puri, Bezwada and Sitanagar made during a journ... Read More
 30 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
View of Nandidurg, with the batteries firing during the siege - 1791

Water-colour painting of the hill-fort of Nandidrug in Karnataka made during the siege of 1791 by Colin MacKenzie (1754-1821). Inscribed on the front in ink is: 'No.1. View of Nundidroog with the Batteries firing on' 'the Pla... Read More
 24 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
View of Cochin, on the coast of Malabar - 1662

View of the city of Cochin, on the coast of Malabar. In view of the sea, a Dutch merchantman right, in the foreground a few rowboats. Top of place name Couchyn.

Artist: Johannes Vinckboons

Source: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Read More
 24 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
The Zamorin of Calicut, 1604

The Zamorin of Calicut, King of Malabar, standing before the palace of the king. The Dutch had on 8 November 1604 a meeting with the king. Part of the illustrations in the report of the second voyage to the East Indies for the VOC under Steven van der Hagen, 1603-160... Read More
 19 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Ancient excavations at Karli - 1809

This aquatint is taken from plate 14 of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt', and shows the great Buddhist Chaitya (hall of worship) at Karli (Karle). Dating from some time between the seco... Read More
 19 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Exterior view of rock temple, Karli - 25 October 1804

Pencil drawing by Henry Salt (1780-1827), of the exterior of the rock temple at Karli in Maharashtra, dated 25th October 1804. This is probably a first sketch for 'Ancient Excavations at Carli', plate 14, of Henry Salt's 'Twenty Four Views ... Read More
 19 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Palace at Bundi - 1847

This is plate 16 from James Fergusson's 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. Built on a steep hillside of the Vindhya range, the town of Bundi was the capital of a Rajput state until it succumbed to the Mughals in 1658. In Fergusson's sketch, the street of the principal... Read More
 18 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Jaya Stambha, or Tower of Victory, at Chittaurgarh - 1847

This is plate 11 from James Fergusson's book 'Ancient Architecture in Hindostan'. This picture shows the Vijaya Stambha inside the fort at Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan. It was constructed in 1448 by Rana Kumbha to commemorate his victory ove... Read More
 18 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Bund of the Lake Rajasamundra, Oodeypore - 1847

This is plate 12 from James Fergusson's book, 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. Set in a valley and surrounded by lakes, Udaipur is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in India. The large artificial lake of Rajsamand was... Read More
 18 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Temple at Chandravati - 1847

This is plate 6 from James Fergusson's book 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. Chandravati is a small abandoned site near Jhalarapatan in Rajasthan. Ruined temples such as this were constructed as early as the 7th century. Many sculptures formerly at this site w... Read More