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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Lions

1. Add Or 1047

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1047
Title:
A hermit with a lion
Scope & Content:
A hermit with a lion. Mughal, c.1700. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Sheik Selim Chisti in his hermitage brought to light by taming a lion. He first was a favourite of Akber and then killed his own son pretending to transfer his life to Jehangir so that this prince might have a son’; in Persian chara...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3129, f.1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3129, f.1v
Title:
Gold formal landscape with animals.
Scope & Content:
Formal landscape of trees and flowers with deer, birds and a lion; clouds at top. Mughal. c.1635-40. Guard page executed in gold 325 by 235 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1640
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3129, f.2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3129, f.2
Title:
Gold formal landscape with animals. Dara Shikoh's dedicatory inscription to Nadira Banu Begum.
Scope & Content:
Formal landscape of trees and flowers with deer, birds, lynxes, foxes and lions; clouds at top. Mughal, c.1630-40. Executed in gold, with an inscription (‘see above)’ which has been obliterated in gold; the gold has subsequently worn away, particularly over the black ink o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1640
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3129, f.77v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3129, f.77v
Title:
Formal landscape in gold with trees, flowers, and animals.
Scope & Content:
Formal landscape of trees and flowers with deer, birds, lynxes, foxes and lions; clouds at top. Mughal, c.1635-40. Executed in gold; same design as f.2. 325 by 235 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1640
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3129, f.78v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3129, f.78v
Title:
Formal landscape in gold with trees, flowers and animals. LIbrarian's seal.
Scope & Content:
Formal landscape of trees and flowers with animals, same as f.78r. Mughal, c.1635-40. Guard page, executed in gold. 325 by 235 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1640
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3129, f.79v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3129, f.79v
Title:
Formal landscape in gold with trees, flowers and animals, including a lion springing on a buffalo.
Scope & Content:
Formal landscape of trees and flowers with birds, deer, and a lion springing upon a buffalo. Mughal, c.1635-40. Guard page, executed in gold. 325 by 235 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1640
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4148

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4148
Title:
A lion, facing left, and rather mangy. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
Scope & Content:
A lion, facing left, and rather mangy. Inscribed above: ‘Lion’. Water-colour on paper; 161 by 243 mm. Note: for a wax model of this lion, also by Gangaram, see F872.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5265

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5265
Title:
‘The British leaving India.’ A comical rather than ferocious lion!
Scope & Content:
‘The British leaving India.’ A comical rather than ferocious lion! By a student at the Calcutta School of Art, 1943-44. Gouache on paper; 9 by 14 cm. Written by the donor on reverse of original frame: ‘The British Leaving India by a student of the Calcutta Art School.’ Gift of Mrs Margaret ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943-1944
Extent:
1 Item

9. Foster 872

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 872
Title:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
Scope & Content:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Wax, possibly ‘dhuna’, the aromatic gum of the sal tree (‘Shorea robusta’), painted. Base 20.5 by 9.75 by 2 cms. Animal 12.5 cm at highest point of mane. Provenance: Malet family until 1982. Purchased 1993. Literature: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 3,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,2
Title:
Jahangir hunting lions
Scope & Content:
Jahangir hunting lions. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. ‘Charba’; mounted by the Library on paper watermarked 1818. 210 by 160 mm; page 385 by 280 mm. The emperor Jahangir is being attacked by a wounded lion which springs into the howdah of his elephant. The em...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item