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Sixty drawings of Mughal monuments and architectural details.
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Sixty drawings of Mughal monuments and architectural details.
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
Delhi, India (made)
- Date:
ca.1836 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Watercolour
- Museum number:
IM.55-1923
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Bara Pala Bridge over the river Jumna.
Place of Origin
Delhi, India (made)
Date
ca.1836 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Watercolour
Dimensions
Length: 11 cm, Width: 18 cm, Length: 7.5 cm painted area, Width: 12 cm painted area
Object history note
The drawings are recorded as being by 'native' droughtsmen of the Delhi School in the Office of the Honourable East India Company's Superintendent of Public Buildings and Ancient Monuments at Calcutta, ca.1836.
These set of drawings are of Mughal monuments in the Delhi area in a landscape setting.
They are almost identical to a set collected in Delhi by Sir Thomas Metcalfe, ca.1840, some of which were by Mazar Ali Khan and published in Kaye, 1980.
Descriptive line
Architectural; drawings, Bara Pala Bridge over the river Jumna, Delhi, ca.1836
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 148 p. ISBN 0944142303
Materials
Watercolour
Subjects depicted
River Jumna; Bara Pala Bridge
Categories
Indian Company Paintings
Collection code
SSEA
