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by Samuel Swinton Jacob
from Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details
original lithograph
Original lithographs from the Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details prepared with the guidance of Col. S.S. Jacob CIE, Indian Army. It depicts a sandstone balustrade from near the Khas Mahal in the Fort at Agra. The Portfolio was issued under the patronage of H.H.Maharaja Sawai Madhu Singh, G.C.S.I. of Jeypore.
The collection of drawings were executed by local draftsmen, all natives of Jeypore, trained first in the School of Art and then in the office of the Executive Engineer. They were supervised by Lala Ram Baksh, head draftsmen and teacher in the Jeypore school of Art. The architectural details depicted are mostly from mosques, tombs, palaces and other buildings in or near Delhi and Agra and parts of Rajputana. They have been arranged together in sections- each sheet loose – so that the different examples of architectural details may be compared and selections readily made. The plates would have served as working drawings for the architect and artisan.
Size Framed (cms): 68.6 (H) x 50.8 (L)
Size Framed (inches): 27 (H) x 20 (L)
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by Samuel Swinton Jacob
from Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details
original lithograph
Original lithographs from the Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details prepared with the guidance of Col. S.S. Jacob CIE, Indian Army. It depicts a sandstone balustrade from Anguri Bagh, Fort at Agra. The Portfolio was issued under the patronage of H.H.Maharaja Sawai Madhu Singh, G.C.S.I. of Jeypore.
The collection of drawings were executed by local draftsmen, all natives of Jeypore, trained first in the School of Art and then in the office of the Executive Engineer. They were supervised by Lala Ram Baksh, head draftsmen and teacher in the Jeypore school of Art. The architectural details depicted are mostly from mosques, tombs, palaces and other buildings in or near Delhi and Agra and parts of Rajputana. They have been arranged together in sections- each sheet loose – so that the different examples of architectural details may be compared and selections readily made. The plates would have served as working drawings for the architect and artisan.
Size Framed (cms): 68.6 (H) x 50.8 (L)
Size Framed (inches): 27 (H) x 20 (L)
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by Samuel Swinton Jacob
from Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details
original lithograph
Original lithographs from the Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details prepared with the guidance of Col. S.S. Jacob CIE, Indian Army. It depicts a sandstone balustrade from the tomb of Nizam-U-Din, Delhi. The Portfolio was issued under the patronage of H.H.Maharaja Sawai Madhu Singh, G.C.S.I. of Jeypore.
The collection of drawings were executed by local draftsmen, all natives of Jeypore, trained first in the School of Art and then in the office of the Executive Engineer. They were supervised by Lala Ram Baksh, head draftsmen and teacher in the Jeypore school of Art. The architectural details depicted are mostly from mosques, tombs, palaces and other buildings in or near Delhi and Agra and parts of Rajputana. They have been arranged together in sections- each sheet loose – so that the different examples of architectural details may be compared and selections readily made. The plates would have served as working drawings for the architect and artisan.
Size Framed (cms): 68.6 (H) x 50.8 (L)
Size Framed (inches): 27 (H) x 20 (L)
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by Samuel Swinton Jacob
from Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details
original lithograph
Original lithographs from the Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details prepared with the guidance of Col. S.S. Jacob CIE, Indian Army. It depicts a sandstone balustrade from the Motif Masjid in the Fort at Agra. The Portfolio was issued under the patronage of H.H.Maharaja Sawai Madhu Singh, G.C.S.I. of Jeypore.
The collection of drawings were executed by local draftsmen, all natives of Jeypore, trained first in the School of Art and then in the office of the Executive Engineer. They were supervised by Lala Ram Baksh, head draftsmen and teacher in the Jeypore school of Art. The architectural details depicted are mostly from mosques, tombs, palaces and other buildings in or near Delhi and Agra and parts of Rajputana. They have been arranged together in sections- each sheet loose – so that the different examples of architectural details may be compared and selections readily made. The plates would have served as working drawings for the architect and artisan.
Size Framed (cms): 68.6 (H) x 50.8 (L)
Size Framed (inches): 27 (H) x 20 (L)
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by Thomas Colman Dibdin
from James Fergusson’s ‘Illustrations of the Rock Cut Temples of India’
original hand coloured lithograph
Plate 2 and 3 from James Fergusson’s ‘Illustrations of the Rock Cut Temples of India’.
Plate 2 depicts the Exterior of a Vihara on the Udayagiri Hill. Udayagiri, near Bhubaneshwar in Orissa, is the site of 18 sandstone caves carved for Jain monks that date from the first century BC. There are 18 caves, of which the most famous are the Ranigumpha, the Ganeshagumpha, the Hathigumpha and the Manchipuri. Plate 3 depicts the verandah of the Ganeshagumpha cave. Five pillars delineated the verandah. Three remain. They have square sections at the base and at the top, octagonal sections in the middle, and bracket capitals. A long frieze depicting groups of musicians, scenes from the royal court, and hunting scenes with people astride elephants decorates the verandah wall over the cells’ entrances.
Size of print (cms): 49 (H) x 34 (L)
Size of print (inches): 19.3 (H) x 13.4 (L)
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by Samuel Swinton Jacob
from Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details
original lithograph
Original lithographs from the Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details prepared with the guidance of Col. S.S. Jacob CIE, Indian Army. It compares the designs of two marble pillars from the Agra fort with a sandstone pillar from Bindra Bun (Punjab). The Portfolio was issued under the patronage of H.H.Maharaja Sawai Madhu Singh, G.C.S.I. of Jeypore.
The collection of drawings were executed by local draftsmen, all natives of Jeypore, trained first in the School of Art and then in the office of the Executive Engineer. They were supervised by Lala Ram Baksh, head draftsmen and teacher in the Jeypore school of Art. The architectural details depicted are mostly from mosques, tombs, palaces and other buildings in or near Delhi and Agra and parts of Rajputana. They have been arranged together in sections- each sheet loose – so that the different examples of architectural details may be compared and selections readily made. The plates would have served as working drawings for the architect and artisan.
Size Framed (cms): 68.6 (H) x 50.8 (L)
Size Framed (inches): 27 (H) x 20 (L)
