Stuff like this:

Alai Darwaza, Delhi

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9154/luard1838.jpg

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1200_1299/qutbminar/alaidarvazah/alaiweeks.jpg
"Indian Horsemen at the Gateway of Alah-ou-din, Old Delhi," by Edwin Lord Weeks, c.1895

Ajanta Caves

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8718/plate02.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2011/plate03.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5637/empirev3amax.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7753/overview1782.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/28/grindlay1830.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5637/empirev3amax.jpg

Bhubaneshwar:

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6543/watercolor1820.jpg

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/9897/daniells1798a.jpg

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6941/therond1.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2764/therond.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9804/fergusson1849.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7861/fergusson1850.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3594/jagannath1844.jpg

"Fortress and Town of Ajmer"

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1636/engraving1829.jpg

"Ruins of a Jain temple, Ajmer"

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/800/jaintemple1850s.jpg

"The Palace of the Seths at Ajmer,"

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3001/therond1878.jpg

"The Bazaar of Khoja Syud, Ajmere,"

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3648/streetscene.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3773/salt1804.jpg

"A Representation for the delivery of the Ratified [anti-Tipu] Treaty of 1790 by Sir Charles Warre Malet Bart to His Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa"

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5209/peshwa1790.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6203/drawing1851.jpg

"View of Sassoor, in the Deccan, South East of Poonah,"
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/marathas/pune/sassoor1850s.jpg

"View of Poonah, near Bombay,"
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http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9241/overview1858.jpg

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5637/empirev3amax.jpg

Great thread.

Abe Marathaman .. kaam bhi karta hei ki nahin? Ya SSC pe ek se ek chamkeele postings lagaate beithe ho !!?!?!

(Above said in good humor dude.. keep up the good work. Your threads should be awarded an ISOxxxxx category ;) ) Keep it up buddy :)

Applauds & hats doffed,
p2p4

^Hehe. Students have lotsa free time ;)

"Lord Hastings' party entering the city of Lucknow on elephant back; a watercolor by Seeta Ram, 1814-15"
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/245/sitaram1814a.jpg

"Views in Bundelkhund,"
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/65/graphic1885.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7728/engraving3.jpg

Lots of the buildings are ruins, or in an advanced state of decay. An era in which India was in decline, and the British were walking all over the remains.

These are great etchings...very interesting.

Lots of the buildings are ruins, or in an advanced state of decay. An era in which India was in decline, and the British were walking all over the remains.

That is a huge shame...these buildings are wonderful & they would be some of the treasured sights for the country. :ohno:

"Temple of Kanarug," by James Fergusson, 1847*
http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/7708/fergusson1847.jpg

Three fortified villages on hill-tops dotted over a level cultivated plain, probably in Jalaun District..
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7338/019addor0005347u0000000.jpg

Chhattri of H.H. The Maharaja Balwant [?Baldeo] Singh at Gobardhan, (20 miles from Bharatpur)
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8308/019pho000000037u0005000.jpg


Panorama of the Khas Bagh Palace at Rampur in Uttar Pradesh
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3598/019pho000000036u0002600.jpg

I really wish I could find out what Shaniwar Wada looked like before it burned down.'

All I can find are tantalizing descriptions :cry:

The important buildings in the palace includes the Thorlya Rayancha Diwankhana (Marathi:The court reception hall of the eldest royal, meaning Baji Rao I), Naachacha Diwankhana (Dance Hall), and Juna Arsa Mahal (Old Mirror Hall).

Since the buildings were destroyed in the fire of 1828, only descriptions of the living areas of the fort are available. All the state halls in the buildings are said to have doorways with exquisitely carved teak arches, with ornamental teardrop teak pillars shaped like Suru (cypress tree) trunks supporting the ceilings, which were covered with beautiful teak tracery, carved creepers and flowers. Exquisite glass chandeliers hung from the ceilings. The floors were made of highly polished marble, arranged in a mosaic pattern and adorned with rich Persian rugs. The walls contained paintings with scenes from the Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

The buildings are said to have been designed and constructed by many well-known artisans, including Shivaram Krishna, Devaji, Kondaji Sutar, Morarji Patharwat Bhojraja (an inlay-work expert from Jaipur) and Ragho (a painter).

One of the buildings in the Shaniwarwada complex was seven storeys high. It is said that the spire of the Sant Dnyaneshwar temple at Alandi, 17 km away, could be seen from the uppermost terrace of this building.

Burhanpur, Uttar Pradesh
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4286/burhanpupr20year2018402.jpg

Great show, Marathaman, keep it up.

About 2 1/2years back, Maneka Gandhi's PFA did a fundraiser in Delhi ( they choose a different theme every year) , selling etchings and engravings, all atleast 100 years old. It was a fabulous collection, including some J C Daniels as well. Needless to say these were out of reach of those like me with a limited budget. I could though pick up some steel engravings of British Raj, Will post here later.
Do you also collect these?

"Hill fort of Kurnullah"
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6518/barton1820g.jpg

"Durbar of a lesser Maratha ruler" c.1820s
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"Visapoer" (1690)

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Amritsar c.1825
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5158/amritsar1825.jpg

"A Sikh temple in Umritzir," from the Illustrated London News, 1858;
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/9620/iln1858.jpg

"Great Palace near Sriviliputhur"
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6025/2110183647399d2bdfc6o.jpg

Sriviliputhur
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"Hill fort of Kurnullah"
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6518/barton1820g.jpg

It might amuse you to know that my great great grandfather, James Barton drew the original drawing for this lithograph.

He was a Bombay Artillery Officer between 1811 and 1827 and he drew at least 27 of these forts or locations. We know this because 27 have survived as lithographs in this series.

Here's a blog post I made about one of the other forts he drew at Mahuli

http://sepoysgriffins.blogspot.com/2009/10/hill-fort-of-mhowle.html

He spent the 1817 to 1818 war with the Mahrattas stationed in the area immediately below the ghats in the Konkan, and was trying to prevent Mahratta raids down the ghats. The Mahrattas were trying to attack the recruiting villages in the Konkan where most of the Bombay Sepoys came from in the British Bombay army.

Sadly for lovers of the old forts in the area, he was involved in capturing several near Nasik, some of which he subsequently pulled down to prevent them being re-used.

Regards

Nick Balmer

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"A Representation for the delivery of the Ratified [anti-Tipu] Treaty of 1790 by Sir Charles Warre Malet Bart to His Highness Soneae Madarou Peshwa"

Hello,

Do you think that this image is of the river at Callian or Kalyan as it is called today?

It was where many of the meetings between the Bombay and Peshwa representatives took place.

What is the hill (fort?) in the back ground called?

I am working on the history of the many expeditions, battles etc. in this area at places like Bhow Mullen, which is not far inland from here.

During the 1730 to 1817 people this plain was a highly contested area, with the Mahrattas often coming very close to defeating the British completely near here.

For me this picture is fascinating if it is Kalyan, because the modern city that you can see in Google Earth is much larger than the old city, and it appears from descriptions from the time that there were many more forests in the area than there are now.

Regards

Nick Balmer

^Wow. Thanks Nick!

Hello,

Do you think that this image is of the river at Callian or Kalyan as it is called today?

It was where many of the meetings between the Bombay and Peshwa representatives took place.

What is the hill (fort?) in the back ground called?

I am working on the history of the many expeditions, battles etc. in this area at places like Bhow Mullen, which is not far inland from here.

During the 1730 to 1817 people this plain was a highly contested area, with the Mahrattas often coming very close to defeating the British completely near here.

For me this picture is fascinating if it is Kalyan, because the modern city that you can see in Google Earth is much larger than the old city, and it appears from descriptions from the time that there were many more forests in the area than there are now.

Regards

Nick Balmer

Hi Nick

This is the city of Pune. The hill in the foreground is the Parvati temple built by Nanasaheb Peshwa, and the river is probably the confluence of Mula and Mutha rivers.

I'm not sure about the flat-topped hill in the background. Maybe somebody more familiar with the local geography can tell.

Here's the google map location of Parvati Hill (the one with the temple)

http://maps.google.com.sg/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pune+parvati+temple&sll=1.213212,103.985596&sspn=0.498391,0.615921&ie=UTF8&hq=parvati+temple&hnear=Pune,+Maharashtra,+India&t=h&z=14

Hello Marathaman,

I had not realised that the rivers in Pune where that large. I thought it must be further down in the Konkan.

I am aware that there are several lakes in the city but I thought they were more recent than the events portrayed.

These pictures are often extremely accurate. I have been working on several other pictures from the British Library showing places in Kerala.

My son and I went in search of the location of one particular image, and after quite a hunt we found it. Not only that, when we got to the correct spot we found by the side of the track a really comfortable natural rock sticking out of the grass.

We had obviously found the place the artist had sat.

See

http://malabardays.blogspot.com/2007/10/40-foot-road-day-7.html

The story has a twist, because the artist had drawn two views on a single sheet of paper and merged them.

Regards

Nick Balmer

Hello Marathaman,

I had not realised that the rivers in Pune where that large. I thought it must be further down in the Konkan.

I am aware that there are several lakes in the city but I thought they were more recent than the events portrayed.

These pictures are often extremely accurate. I have been working on several other pictures from the British Library showing places in Kerala.


This picture is very accurate indeed. The river in the foreground can be located here if I'm not mistaken:

http://maps.google.com.sg/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pune+parvati+temple&sll=1.213212,103.985596&sspn=0.498391,0.615921&ie=UTF8&hq=parvati+temple&hnear=Pune,+Maharashtra,+India&t=h&ll=18.537722,73.867264&spn=0.05908,0.07699&z=14

British Library has a really fantastic collection of artwork. I love browsing through it in my free time :)


My son and I went in search of the location of one particular image, and after quite a hunt we found it. Not only that, when we got to the correct spot we found by the side of the track a really comfortable natural rock sticking out of the grass.

We had obviously found the place the artist had sat.

See

http://malabardays.blogspot.com/2007/10/40-foot-road-day-7.html

The story has a twist, because the artist had drawn two views on a single sheet of paper and merged them.

Regards

Nick Balmer

That was very interesting. Thanks.

Village near Bhagalpur, Bihar (1824)
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/913/019xzz000000757u0000900.jpg
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000757u00009000.html

Village of Niti, Kumaon (1812)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2696/019wdz000000348u0000000.jpg
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000000348u00000000.html

"Village and Pagoda below Patna-Azimbad, on the Ganges" (1824)

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4853/019xzz000000757u0001100.jpg
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000757u00011000.html

Sarahan (1820)

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8893/019xzz000000502u0000100.jpg
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000502u00001000.html

Hi Nick

This is the city of Pune. The hill in the foreground is the Parvati temple built by Nanasaheb Peshwa, and the river is probably the confluence of Mula and Mutha rivers.

I'm not sure about the flat-topped hill in the background. Maybe somebody more familiar with the local geography can tell.

I am pretty sure that the hill in the background is Sinhagadh.

Source (http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p18.htm)

1.
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Kanishka's Buddhist Council (1st Century A.D.)--the age of the mingling of different cultures Zoroastrian, Buddhist and Brahmanical. Also showing Kanishka's casket and different coin types illustrating Hindu, Buddhist and Zoroastria divinities.

Artist--Shri Indra Dugar, Calcutta.

Artist Supervisor--Shri S.N. Ghosal, Calcutta.

2.
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Ferozeshah Tughlak with Kotla Ferozeshah, showing Asoka column in the background (14th Century A.D).

Artist--Shri Y. K. Shukla, Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan.

Artist Supervisor--Shri Gopal D. Deuskar, Bombay.

3.
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Harshavardhana receiving the Chinese Pilgrim Hsuan Shwang, with an inset of the seal of the Nalanda University (7th Century A.D.).

Artist--Shri Feroz N. Katpitia, Baroda.

Artist Supervisor--Shri N. S. Bendre, Baroda.

4.
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Shahjahan (1627--1658 A.D.) and Mumtazmahal, with the Delhi Gate of the Red Fort in the background.

Artist--Shri Bhupendra M. Desai, Bombay.

Artist Supervisor--Shri N. S. Bendre, Baroda.

Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota in royal procession, an opaque watercolour on paper from about 1850.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UR6_hWgyQjQ/S4Y-KrLC9vI/AAAAAAAABDg/7M2bKQ06638/s400/Ram_Singh_II.jpeg

source (http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/future_exhibs/maharajas/index.htm)

An oil painting which depicts the royal procession at the Delhi Durbar in 1903. At the head is the British Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon with his wife, followed by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and then the rulers of Hyderabad and Mysore princely states together. This durbar, or royal court, was held in honor of Edward VII's ascent to the British throne. Edward could not attend and sent his brother, the Duke of Connaught, to represent him.

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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UR6_hWgyQjQ/R3A8x7YXtvI/AAAAAAAAAFI/ZjEsGguyOpg/s1600/Mewar_brits.jpg

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The Mewar army in the 19th century, a mix of the old and new. The old-style armoured horses and elephants are seen in the foreground, the disciplined infantry and English-style cavalry at the back. Artillery guns fire a salute as the Maharana (not seen in the picture) takes a muster of his army on the Muhalla day after Dussehra. Some of the traditional cavalry wear elephant-masks.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UR6_hWgyQjQ/R3A-NLYXtwI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/bAOlmjnfKE4/s1600/Mewar_army.jpg

cc:lynn morag

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cc: lynn morag

The boat is still present is called the gangaur boat. You can also see the ladies doing the ghoomar dance and the location is the gangaur ghat.

http://a.imageshack.us/img812/5691/40896969823917e6c2d4b.jpg

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Udaipur

http://a.imageshack.us/img265/8508/4089692150577e803125b.jpg

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Udaipur

http://a.imageshack.us/img59/7416/4089679068d126a0cdb2b.jpg

"Hill fort of Kurnullah"
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6518/barton1820g.jpg

Hello,

The drawing from which this lithograph was done by my great great grandfather, Captain James Barton. It is one of 27 lithographs that have survived. Sadly the drawings have apparently all gone.

There is some more about other drawings he did at Vasai here

http://sepoysgriffins.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html

Regards

Nick Balmer

The Maharahaj Of Gwalior Before His Palace

http://www.edwinlordweeks.org/75693/The-Maharahaj-Of-Gwalior-Before-His-Palace-large.jpg

source (http://www.edwinlordweeks.org/The-Maharahaj-Of-Gwalior-Before-His-Palace-large.htm)

The Temple and Tank of Walkeschwar at Bombay



http://www.edwinlordweeks.org/116313/The-Temple-and-Tank-of-Walkeschwar-at-Bombay-large.jpg

source (http://www.edwinlordweeks.org/The-Temple-and-Tank-of-Walkeschwar-at-Bombay-large.html)

source:unknown
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Amber,Jaipur
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cc:portrait artist- enzie shahmiri
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cc:enzie shahmiri
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Excellent, ashwa. Interesting to see how street life was back then.

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