Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Creighton, Henry, -1807
Title:
The ruins of Gour described and represented in eighteen views : with a topographical map / compiled from the manuscripts and drawings of the late H. Creighton, esq.
Published / Created:
London : Black, Parbury, & Allen, 1817.
Physical Description:
[4], iii, [1], 12 p., XIII leaves, [2] p., XVIII, [1] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., map ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints engraved by Thomas Medland.
Contents:
A map of Gour 1801 -- The tower -- The Dakhil Gate -- The Chand Gate -- The Cutwaly Gate -- The Suna Masjid, or Golden Mosque -- Chuta Suna Masjid, or small Golden Mosque -- The inside of the Chuta Suna Masjic, or small Golden Mosque -- The tomb of Shah Husayn -- The Painted Mosque -- A small gateway covered with a dome -- Kadam Rasul, or the Prophet's Foot, a mosque -- Thanty Para -- Ruins of a bridge -- Tombs at the small Golden Mosque -- Cham Kutta, a small mosque -- Varaha Avatara, or descent in the Boar. Muhammadan Sculpture in the small Golden Mosque -- Sivani, a Hindu image -- Brahmani, a Hindu image, Bwawani, a Hindu image.
Subject Terms:
Gaur (India) -- Pictorial works. | Antiquities -- India -- Pictorial works. | Black, Parbury, & Allen -- Publisher. | Cox & Baylis -- Printer. | Aquatints, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817. | Aquatints -- Specimens -- 1817. | Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817.
Contributors:
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, engraver. | Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836, etcher.