Victoria Memorial conceived and developed a permanent Gallery titled - "Hillscapes of India " in Tripura Govt. Museum, Agartala. Thirty nine (39) paintings ( reproductions) of eminent artists from Victoria Memorial Collection have been displayed in the Gallery. The inauguration was done by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tripura on 15th August,2002 . The Gallery along with the exhibits are donated to the Govt. of Tripura on permanent basis.

Hillscapes of India
18th and 19th Centuries.

INTRODUCTION
The Victoria Memorial presents a gallery to the people of Tripura. This is a part of the activities in North-Eastern states and organised through financial support and encouragement of the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

The gallery focuses Hillscape views of different parts of India. These have been reproduced from original paintings in the collection of the Victoria Memorial. The artists are Thomas Daniell, William Daniell, Samuel Davis, Emily Eden, William Simpson, Charles Stewart Hardinge, G. P. Thomas and Captain Sherwill. The exhibits give an idea on our Hillscapes and life during the 18th and 19th Centuries. At one level it has a very limited purpose : we only attempt to draw viewers' attention to the Hillscapes of India in pre-camera days. In a wider sense, however, we may trace the history, geography and cross-cultural experience from the standpoint of an organic intellectual, social anthropologist or art historian.
-CHITTA PANDA
Secretary & Curator
Victoria Memorial Hall
Kolkata

 Venue: Tripura Government Museum
Agartala 799001

Visiting Hours
10 A.M. to 1 P.M. & 2 P.M. to 5 P.M.
Museum closed on
Sundays and Gazetted Holidays

   Some of the exhibits
Jugcanor in the Mountains of Srinagar
Colour Aquatint by :
Thomas & William Daniell
 The Rope Bridge at Srinagar
Colour Aquatint by:
Thomas & William Daniell
View near Duramundi, Srinagar
Colour Aquatint by:
Thomas & William Daniell

   
  Combermere Bridge
Drawn by: Capt. G.P.Thomas
Lithographed by Dickinson & Son		   Views Taken from Col. Young's Bungalow at Mussorie in the Himalyas
Artist: Emily Eden

 

 List of Exhibits
 1. View from Mandipore
Artist: Samuel Davis		   2. View of the Mountain Dowrigala, Bhootan
Artist : Samuel Davis
3. Tashi Chho Dzong(on the road to Tassisudan in Bhutan)
Artist: Samuel Davis		  4.  Bhootan Landscape
Artist : Samuel Davis
 5. Bhootan Scene
Artist: Samuel Davis		  6.  Sketch of Mounted Natives
Artist: Emily Eden
 7. Distant View of The Snowy Range at Simla
Artist: Emily Eden		  8. A Family of The People Travelling Through the Doon
Artist: Emily Eden
 9. An Old Fakeer at Simla
Artist: Emily Eden		  10. A Family of Tartars from Tibet
Artist: Emily Eden
 11. Views Taken from Col. Young's Bungalow at Mussorie in the Himalyas
Artist: Emily Eden		  12. Views Taken from Col. Young's Bungalow at Mussorie
Artist : Emily Eden
 13. Boys dressed as Nautch Girls
Artist: Emily Eden		  14. Two Mountaineers Bringing wood to Simla
Artist: Emily Eden
 15. Pirhurree (Pahari) with Hawk for Sale
Artist: Emily Eden		  16.  Valley at Simla
Artist: Emily Eden
 17. Tibet Tartars
Artist: Emily Eden		  18.  Lepchas from Darjeeling
Artist: Emily Eden
 19. Mounted Natives
Artist: Emily Eden		  20. Pirhuree (Pahari) Mountaineer with Butter for sale
Artist: Emily Eden
 21.  Jugcanor in the Mountains of Srinagar
Colour Aquatint by : Thomas & William Daniell		  22. View near Duramundi, Srinagar
Colour Aquatint by: Thomas & William Daniell
 23. The Rope Bridge at Srinagar
Colour Aquatint by: Thomas & William Daniell		  24. Mountain Scene in Garhwal
Artist: Thomas Daniell
 25. Near Dusa, in the Mountains of Srinagar
Colour Aquatint by: Thomas & William Daniell		  26. View between Natan and Taka-Ca-Munda, Srinagar Mountains
Colour Aquatint by : Thomas & Willam Daneill
 27. Simla from The Mount
Drawn by: Capt. G.P.Thomas,
Lithographed by Dickinson & Son, 1848		  28. Stirling castle and Lord Aucklands House
Drawn by: Capt. G.P.Thomas
Lithographed by Dickinson & Son, 1848
 29. View of Capt. The Hon'ble H.B.Dalzell's House
Drawn by : Capt. G.P.Thomas
Lithographed by Dickinson & Son, 1848		  30. Combermere Bridge
Drawn by: Capt. G.P.Thomas
Lithographed by Dickinson & Son
 31. Simla from Col. Chandurcks House Manasoo
Drawn by: Capt. G.P.Thomas
Lithographed by Dickinson & Son. 1848		  32. Passage of the River Chenaub, (Kashmir)
Drawn by: C. Hardinge
Lithograph Published, 1847
 33. Poormandal (Festival in Punjab)
Drawn by: C. Hardinge
Lithographed by J.D. Hardinge, 1847		  34. Oodampore, 4 Marches (Kashmir)
Lithographed by J.D.Hardinge, 1847
 35. Hill Fort of Gulab Singh (Alpine Punjab)
Drawn by: C.Hardinge
Lithographed by J.D.Hardinge,1847		  36. Fort of Chupayan (Kashmir)
Drawn by: C.Hardinge Lithographed by J.D.Hardinge
 37. Mount Everest (Central Peak)
Photograph by F.Harrington, 1925		  38. Darjeeling in 1852
Drawn by: Cap. W.S. Sherwill
 39. Simla
Lithographed by : W. Simpson