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Bengal (Province)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1199 · Item · No date [modern reproduction of a 17th century map]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Nieuwe Kaarte van t Koninkryk Bengale, door last van den Ed. Heer Mattheus van den Broucke zalr. in zyn Ed. Leven Directeur in Bengale en Raad ordinaris van Neederlands India, opgestelt door Joh: van Leenen'.
'J. Van Braam et G. onder de Linden. Excud com Privil.'

J[ ] Van Braam and G[ ] onder de Linden

Scale: 1 inch to 8 miles

Modern reproduction of a 17th century map.

Indore
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1286 · Item · 1920
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Perspective drawing of a building for the University of Indore.

'Theatre' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in bottom margin.

'F.C. Mears Architect Edinburgh April 1920'

'for [ ] Indore Report by Prof. P. Geddes' endorsed on the reverse in manuscript in pencil.

Traces of former backing on reverse.

Mears, Frank Charles, 1880-1953, architect and town planner
Calcutta
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1245 · Item · [c. 1919]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Improvement Trust Plan'
'H. L. Barber Deputy Valuer' [signature only on item 1 and 2].

Three versions of the same map of Bara Bazaar showing plans for the improvement of the road and street system.

Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet

Indore
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1287 · Item · 1918
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Elevation drawing.

'Suggested War Memorial. Clock Tower and Fountain. Bazar Khana: Indore.'
'[Foster King] Architect of Messrs. Gregson, Batley & King'
'King's Building Hornby Road Bombay 29th May 1918'

Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet

Indore
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1283 · Item · [c. 1918]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two photographs of town planning schemes for Indore.

Anon. after Henry Vaughan Lanchester and Edwin Alfred Rickards; after Patrick Geddes.

Indore
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1290 · Item · [c. 1917]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two photographs of the Diwali procession at Indore, mounted on one sheet.

  • A carriage with a person wearing an elephant costume, pulled by two cows, behind a decorated elephant; 15.2 x 10.8 cm
  • The Rat of Plague carrying the Giant of Dirt; 10.9 x 15.5 cm

Anon.

Jatharpeth
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1294 · Item · 1916
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Three alternative development proposals for Jatharpeth, Akola, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'No. 1 Development of Extension on the standardised principle at Jatharpeth. Akola'; anon.; 31.5 x 22 cm
  • '2nd Trial'; 'Drawn by T.M.D.A. Rao & G.B. Pandey Akola M[unicipal]. C[ommittee].'; 31.4 x 21.8 cm
  • 'No. 3 Plan of Jathar Peth showing proposed extension at Akola'; 'Drawn by T.M.D.A. Rao overseer & G.B. Pandey Akola Municipal Committee'; 'Approved of course subject to improvement on the spot (s[igne]d.) F.C. Loades. (S[igne]d P. Geddes Feb[ruary] 2nd 1916'; 37.3 x 36 cm

T[ ] M[ ] D[ ] A[ ] Rao and G[ ] B[ ] Pandey; F[ ] C[ ] Loades and Patrick Geddes.

Scale: 1 inch to 600 feet

Kanchrapara
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1301 · Item · [1916]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'E.B.S.R. Plan showing land to be acquired for the new Colony Scheme at Kanchrapara'

Anon.

Scale: 1 inch to 150 feet

'Drawer No. 16' twice endorsed in manuscript in crayon in right margin.

'Enclosure to LOCC'S DR/73 225.1.16' stamped on reverse.

'12/34/ 16' endorsed on reverse in manuscript in red ink.

Lucknow
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1318 · Item · 1916
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Sanitari Road 5" Section'

'P/m 15/5/16' endorsed in manuscript in crayon.

Anon.

Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet

'Victoria Street' endorsed on backing in right margin in manuscript in pencil by Patrick Geddes.

Calcutta, Russa Road
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1250 · Item · [c. 1915]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two sheets with photographs of buildings mainly along Russa Road at Calcutta.

'Bourne & Shepherd Photographic Artists Calcutta' stamped on reverse of most photographs.

Most photographs are inscribed on reverse, not all inscriptions visible due to backing.

Bourne & Shepherd, photographers
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1362 · Item · 1915
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two planning proposals for Ward No. 2 at Trichinopoly, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Trichinopoly Town Sketch B showing the dry & wet lands extension in Tennur Ward No. 2.'; 'Reg: No. 1585'; 41.5 x 33.5 cm
  • 'Trichinopoly Town revised plan of the dry & wet lands in Tennur extensions Ward No. 2 (as per new instructions)'; 'Reg: No. 1584'; 38.2 x 33.4 cm

'Helio-Zinco, Survey Office, Madras. 1915'

Anon.

Scale: 3/5 inches to 100 feet

Both plans show tracings of former binding in left margin.

Indore
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1289 · Item · [c. 1915]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Four pages with illustrations for buildings in Indore, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'The Court in the Shirpur Palace, Indore'; 'A' endorsed in bottom right corner in manuscript in pencil; 'The Builder, May 7, 1915'
  • 'Houses for the Aides-de-Camp of H.H. the Maharaja Holkar of Indore'; 'B' endorsed in bottom right corner in manuscript in pencil.
  • 'Houses for the Aides-de-Camp of H.H. the Maharaja Holkar of Indore'; 'C' endorsed in bottom right corner in manuscript in pencil.
  • 'Current Architecture (Series II) XXIII Houses for the Staff of H.H. the Maharaja of Indore (Royal Academy Exhibition, 1915)'

'Ernest George & A.B. Yeates'

Yeates, Alfred, 1867-1944, architect