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Lot 16 Details
Hindoostan Mapped: Absolute Tuesdays 8 June 2021
Delhi Guide Map
View Dimensions Anonymous, Delhi Guide Map, Survey of India, 1969, second edition58.5 x 41 in (146.2 x 102.5 cm)Linen backed map, in original leather case.Town of Delhi showing municipal boundary, transportation, ground and water features, vegetation, historical and archaeological sites, buildings, and built-up areas. Relief shown by contours and spot height.This work will be shipped unframed
Winning bid $223 Rs 15,810 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 41 Details
Calcutta and...
View Dimensions Anonymous, Calcutta and Howrah Guide Map, Calcutta: Published under the direction of E O Wheeler, Survey of India, 194338.5 x 28 in (96.2 x 70 cm) (opened map)Original folded map with cloth covers, map pasted on linen, original folds as issued. Insets: Index to districts, municipalities, & municipal wards. Town plan of Calcutta and Howrah showing district and municipal boundaries, transportation, parks & gardens, water features, buildings and built-up areas.Tape-indicator maps, patented by the German-born stationer Joseph Schlesinger in the 1850s and "enabling any place to be found on the map with mathematical certainty" seem to have peaked in popularity in the Edwardian era, although a few examples continued to be manufactured even after the Second World War. The index lists street names with corresponding numbers on the tape and the map itself. Swinhoe Street, for example, can be located by stretching the tape to number 72 in the margin of the map, and looking for number 48 on the tape..This work will be shipped unframed
Winning bid $244 Rs 17,310 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 46 Details
Hindoostan Illustrated: Absolute Tuesdays 27 July 2021
Types of Indian Army
Chromolithograph on paper
12.5 x 16 in
Winning bid $725 Rs 52,950 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 1 Details
Map of Bombay
View Dimensions Anonymous, Map of Bombay, 190923.5 x 18.2 in (58.7 x 45.5 cm)Inset map from Jacob's Circle to Dharavi.This work will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $575 Rs 40,800 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 8 Details
Bombay: Kolaba...
View Dimensions Anonymous, Bombay: Kolaba and Poona Districts, Survey of India, 192722.5 x 19 in (56.2 x 47.5 cm)Survey map folded and pasted on linenThis work will be shipped unframed
Winning bid $330 Rs 23,430 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 10 Details
Coronation...
View Dimensions Anonymous, Coronation Durbar Delhi, Survey of India, 191119.6 x 14.6 in (49 x 36.5 cm)Original folds as issued, unmounted."Plan of Delhi marking the encampments of the units taking part in the Coronation Durbar, 1911. The Delhi Durbar of December 1911 was held to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India. Over 30,000 British and Indian soldiers attended the event. Following his coronation, the King announced that the capital of British India would be moved from Calcutta to New Delhi. He also laid the foundation stone for the new capital which was subsequently inaugurated in February 1931." (Source: National Army Museum, Online)This work will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $3,060 Rs 2,17,260 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 12 Details
Indes
View Dimensions Anonymous, Indes, Circa 1820sOriginal hand coloured two sheet size maps joined together23.5 x 17.2 in (58.7 x 43 cm)This work will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $229 Rs 16,259 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 15 Details
British India
View Dimensions Anonymous, India, London: James Virtue, Circa 1850's.12.5 x 10.2 in (26 x 32 x 26 cm)Highly decorative steel engraved map by W Hughes. The map is very detailed and contains beautiful engravings of a Small Deer of Ceylon, Plain of Delhi, Tiger Hunt, Sepoy and Hindu Maiden.This work will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $270 Rs 19,170 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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