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GRIESSEN, A.E.P. (1875-1935). Collection of approx. 26 printed and manuscript maps depicting town and garden-planning projects in Delhi, Agra, Patna and elsewhere, 1909-1922 and undated.
The hand-coloured plans comprise:
New Delhi: 'Triangular lay out ... Gurdwara Garden, New Delhi' (by W.H. Nichols, 1000 x 670mm)
Delhi Durbar, 1911: a large plan of 'Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1911', showing the overall layout and relation to the city of Delhi and Yamuna River, surveyed by Lt P.C.S. Hobart, R.E., drawn and heliozinographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, 1911 (910 x 755mm, backed onto linen attached to batons); also plans of 'Their Royal Majesties' Camp, now forming Govt House Grounds' and United Provinces Camp (both by Griessen, 660 x 870mm and 815 x 595mm), and an unidentified element of the Durbar gardens (360 x 810mm);
Agra: planting in the grounds of Government Circuit House, Agra, including sight-lines to the principal monuments of the city (990 x 770mm), the 'Camp of H.H. the Lieut Governor / United Provinces / Agra' (three copies, 330 x 410mm, one uncoloured), the gardens of the Welcome Club (1000 x 730mm), 'hydraulic rams / as erected by the Supdt.' at Government Circuit House (two), McDonnell Park and an unidentified site in Agra (all approx. 950 x 700mm), and plan and elevation of a gateway in Agra (340 x 430mm);
Muttra: 'Muttra / approved suburb planning scheme / by / Griessen' (670 x 1010mm),
Raisana: layouts by Griessen for two compounds, the first at 16 Asoka Road, 'the residence of Mr Grindal' (coloured, 500 x 475mm), the second at 25 Akbar Road, 'the residence of Sir S. Crookshank' (680 x 625mm),
Also uncoloured plans showing planting around the government buildings and university at Patna (two versions, the first on a single sheet, 810 x 1910mm, the second on three detached sheets, each 1020 x 690mm) and the 'Christian Endeavour Worlds Convention Camp', Agra, 19-23 November 1909 (two, 410 x 1085mm and similar); and blueprints showing a suggested layout for the Kudsia Garden at the Delhi Flower Show, 1922 (two, 700 x 900mm), and for sections of causeways and tanks at two historic gardens in or near Lahore, the Shalamar Garden (585 x 860mm), and Jahangir's tomb (580 x 855mm).
Garden and town designs for New Delhi, the Delhi Durbar, sites in Agra and elsewhere. A.E.P. Griessen's first appointment in India was in 1898, at the Government Botanic Gardens in Calcutta; soon after, he moved to Agra as Superintendent to the Taj and Government Gardens, and in this capacity carried out important restoration work to the Taj Mahal and its surroundings. His responsibilties grew to encompass the Delhi Durbars of 1903 and especially the extraordinary pageant of the Coronation Durbar in 1911, depicted on one of the present plans. His transfer to Delhi became permanent around this time, and he collaborated with Lutyens on the planting schemes for the new imperial capital at New Delhi, as well as carrying out town-planning schemes in Muttra, Patna and elsewhere. A number of the plans are signed by Rahim Uddin or Imam Uddin, draftsmen. Provenance: by descent from A.E.P. Griessen.
The hand-coloured plans comprise:
New Delhi: 'Triangular lay out ... Gurdwara Garden, New Delhi' (by W.H. Nichols, 1000 x 670mm)
Delhi Durbar, 1911: a large plan of 'Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1911', showing the overall layout and relation to the city of Delhi and Yamuna River, surveyed by Lt P.C.S. Hobart, R.E., drawn and heliozinographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, 1911 (910 x 755mm, backed onto linen attached to batons); also plans of 'Their Royal Majesties' Camp, now forming Govt House Grounds' and United Provinces Camp (both by Griessen, 660 x 870mm and 815 x 595mm), and an unidentified element of the Durbar gardens (360 x 810mm);
Agra: planting in the grounds of Government Circuit House, Agra, including sight-lines to the principal monuments of the city (990 x 770mm), the 'Camp of H.H. the Lieut Governor / United Provinces / Agra' (three copies, 330 x 410mm, one uncoloured), the gardens of the Welcome Club (1000 x 730mm), 'hydraulic rams / as erected by the Supdt.' at Government Circuit House (two), McDonnell Park and an unidentified site in Agra (all approx. 950 x 700mm), and plan and elevation of a gateway in Agra (340 x 430mm);
Muttra: 'Muttra / approved suburb planning scheme / by / Griessen' (670 x 1010mm),
Raisana: layouts by Griessen for two compounds, the first at 16 Asoka Road, 'the residence of Mr Grindal' (coloured, 500 x 475mm), the second at 25 Akbar Road, 'the residence of Sir S. Crookshank' (680 x 625mm),
Also uncoloured plans showing planting around the government buildings and university at Patna (two versions, the first on a single sheet, 810 x 1910mm, the second on three detached sheets, each 1020 x 690mm) and the 'Christian Endeavour Worlds Convention Camp', Agra, 19-23 November 1909 (two, 410 x 1085mm and similar); and blueprints showing a suggested layout for the Kudsia Garden at the Delhi Flower Show, 1922 (two, 700 x 900mm), and for sections of causeways and tanks at two historic gardens in or near Lahore, the Shalamar Garden (585 x 860mm), and Jahangir's tomb (580 x 855mm).
Garden and town designs for New Delhi, the Delhi Durbar, sites in Agra and elsewhere. A.E.P. Griessen's first appointment in India was in 1898, at the Government Botanic Gardens in Calcutta; soon after, he moved to Agra as Superintendent to the Taj and Government Gardens, and in this capacity carried out important restoration work to the Taj Mahal and its surroundings. His responsibilties grew to encompass the Delhi Durbars of 1903 and especially the extraordinary pageant of the Coronation Durbar in 1911, depicted on one of the present plans. His transfer to Delhi became permanent around this time, and he collaborated with Lutyens on the planting schemes for the new imperial capital at New Delhi, as well as carrying out town-planning schemes in Muttra, Patna and elsewhere. A number of the plans are signed by Rahim Uddin or Imam Uddin, draftsmen. Provenance: by descent from A.E.P. Griessen.
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