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Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1266 · Item · 1912
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Delhi'
'Season 1912'
'[...] revised in 1912, under the direction of Colonel Sir S.G.N. Burrard [...] Surveyor General of India'

Map shows layout of New Delhi.

Anon.

Scale: 4 inches to 1 mile

Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1269 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Ruins south side of Old Delhi'
'Drawn by T. Boys'
'Engraved by G. Hamilton'

G. Hamilton after Thomas Schotter Boys.

Boys, Thomas Schotter, 1803-1874, painter and lithographer
Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1265 · Item · 1875, no date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two bird's eye views and one map of Delhi, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'A birds' eye view of the city of Delhi and the British Cantonment.'; 'N. Whittock Esq[ui]re. Delt.'; 'M & N. Hanhart, lith.'; 'Published by R. Turner, Newcastle, on Tyne Oct[ob]r. 8th 1857'; M. and N. Hanhart after N. Whittock; lithograph; colour; 54.6 x 31.2 cm on 56.6 x 39.6 cm sheet
  • 'Delhi, - and surrounding country. Drawn and Lith. by A. Maclure, from Original Native Drawings &C.'; 'Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor Lith.'; 'London Edward Stanford [...]'; A. Maclure after anon.; lithograph; black and white; 51.3 x 32.1 cm on 53.8 x 39 cm sheet
  • Map of Delhi.; 'Guyot & Wood Edin[bu]r[gh]'; colour; 24.2 x 16.1 cm [incomplete]
Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1270 · Item · 1913
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'The Qutb. Delhi Bird's-eye Sketch showing recent improvements to the Qutb Area'
'Gordon Sanderson delt Ap[ril]. 12 1913 Superintendent Muhammadan & British Monuments Northern Circle'

Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1273 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two photographs of notable buildings in Delhi, mounted on one sheet.
Anon.

  • Qutab Minar; 21.4 x 29.5 cm on 23 x 31.2 cm backing
  • 'Kuwat-ul-Islam, Delhi'; endorsed '74'; 28.5 x 21.3 cm on 30.3 x 23 cm backing
Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1268 · Item · 1914 [publication]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two pages with reproductions of drawings of the Secretariat and Government House at New Delhi, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Secretariat, Delhi: Front looking West.'; 'Secretariat, Delhi: Side View from low Level.'; 'Secretariat, Delhi: Inside from the great Platform Level.'; 'Mr. Herbert Baker [...] Architect'
  • 'Government House, Delhi: as seen between the Secretariats.'; 'Government House, Delhi: From the South.'; 'Government House, Delhi: The Main Front.'; 'Mr. E.L. Lutyens [...], Architect.'

Extracted from 'The Builder, September 25, 1914'.

Baker, Herbert, 1862-1946, architect
Elephanta
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1275 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Six photographs of carvings at the Shiva (cave) temple at Elephanta, mounted on one sheet.

Anon.

  • View of three carved panels at south wall; 31.4 x 16.7 cm
  • View of central panel on south wall depicting triple headed Shiva; 28.6 x 23.9 cm
  • View of western panel on southern wall depicting Shiva receiving Ganga; 28.9 x 23.9 cm
  • Unidentified carved panel; 24.7 x 29.2 cm
  • View in central hall of Shiva temple with columns with fluted cushion-like capitals; 29.1 x 21.9 cm
  • Two guardian figures next to a doorway; 28.1 x 24.1 cm
Elwinpeta (Coconada)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1276 · Item · 1908, 1915
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two plans for a suburb scheme at Elwinpeta (Coconada), mounted on the reverse of a map of Vienna.

  • 'Elwinpet (Coconada) Copy of the [ ] pla[ ] a[ ] of [ ] Pro[ ] [ ] Revised Planning [ ]'; 35.3 x 48.2 cm
  • 'Plan of Elwinpeta Coconada'; scale: 1 inch to 200 feet; annotated in manuscript in pencil in right margin; endorsed 'P.G.' [monogram]; 38 x 49 cm

'C. [Kameswasarao] Engineer 8-III-15'

Various scales.

Backing is a map of Vienna-Währing:
'N4 General Stadt-Plan, Nach dem Stande im Mai 1908'; 'Verfaϐt vom Stadtbauamte Wien'; anon.; scale unspecified; 1908; black and white; 77.2 x 61.7 cm