Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The Nawabs Of Oudh a Short Pictorial


 The Great Imambara of Asaf al-Daula, Lucknow; a watercolor, c.1790-1800
 The Rumi Darwaza from the north-west; a watercolor by Seeta Ram, c.1814-15*
 *Portrait of Maharaja Jagat Singh of Jaipur (r.1803-1818); from the Tazkirat al-umara, commissioned by James Skinner, 1830
 Lucknow," a steel engraving by J. Ramage and E. P. Brandard (from 'A History of the 19th Century' by Rev. James Taylor, Edinburgh, c.1860)
 General view from the Fort, Lucknow; a photo by Samuel Bourne, 1864*
 "Turkish Gate, Lucknow," an albumen photo, late 1800's;
 "West front of the cathedral for the new Lucknow diocese, India," from 'The Architect', c.1890
 "General view of the Chutter Munzil at Lucknow," an undated albumen photo
 The Punj Mahalla Gate, Lucknow; an aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1801
 "Lucknow taken from the opposite bank of the River Goomty," by Thomas and William Daniell, London, 1814

 *View of the Great Iman Barra and the Roome Durwaza, from Moosah Bagh end of the city; by Sir David Scott Dodgson, 1860
 View of Lucknow," from vol. 3 of 'The Indian Empire' by Robert Montgomery Martin, c.1860
 The Great Imambara, Lucknow," from the Illustrated London News, 1889; very large scans of *the left part* and *the right part*
 "Gate to Lucknow," a photogravure from 1892

"Gateway at Lucknow," from the Illustrated London News, 1857
 "The Governor-General's Durbar at Lucknow: Procession of Elephants Passing the Great Imambara," from the Illustrated London News, 1868;

 A bazaar art print of Najaf, in Iraq
 Bird's-eye view of Lucknow and the country towards Cawnpore" (James S. Virtue Co., London, 1858)


An overview photo, c.1890's; also *"Victoria Park, Lucknow"*
 A silver gelatin photo, c.1900
 A silver gelatin photo, c.1900
 A photochrome view, c.1890's
 An undated gelatin photo, probably from the late 1800's
 *Shuja ad-Daulah, Nawab of Oudh (1753-1775). Opaque watercolour heightened with gold; by Mir Chand, c.1775*
 Mosque of the great Imambara of Nawab Asaf-ud-daula, Lucknow (U.P.). Between March and July 1803'; a drawing by Henry Salt


 "Hand-colored engraving, SUJAH DOWLAH, VIZIR OF THE MOGUL EMPIRE, NAWAB OF OUDE AND HIS TEN SONS, by Frederic Shoberl, from The World in Miniature: Hindoostan (London: R. Ackermann, 1820's).
 Lord Hastings' party entering the city of Lucknow on elephant back; a watercolor by Seeta Ram, 1814-15
*The first quadrangle of the Great Imambara complex; a watercolor by Seeta Ram, c.1814-15*

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