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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.48-1923
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Walls of the Purana Qila (Old Fort), Delhi.
Place of Origin
Delhi, India (made)
Date
ca.1836 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Watercolour
Marks and inscriptions
'Wall Defences of the Indrapat, or Purana Kila, of Sher Shah near Delhi, 1533-1545'
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, Walls of the Purana Qila (Old Fort), 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 147 p. ISBN 0944142303
Materials
Watercolour
Subjects depicted
Delhi; Forts; Walls; Purana Qila; Old Fort
Categories
Indian Company Paintings
Collection code
SSEA
