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Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
Scope & Content:
Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
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1 Item

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Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
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A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
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1 Item

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Village life in Kashmir. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80)
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Village life in Kashmir. By Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1760. Purchased 13 April 1954. Inscribed on border in Persian: ‘majlis-i kashmir, ‘amal-i mir kalan’ (A Kashmiri assembly, the work of Mir Kalan). Gouache with a little gold; on an album page with yellow and apricot borders, the outer bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

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Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu
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Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954. Inscribed on slip of paper pasted to border in Urdu: ‘baz bahadur u rupmati, 36’ (Baz Bahadur and Rupmati, 36). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and red borders and gold rules, from the same album as Add.Or.4-7 e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

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Durga puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
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Durga puja. To the left an image of Durga on the verandah of a house before which a goat is being sacrificed in the courtyard. Inscribed on back: ‘Doorga-Puja. A religious festival held in honour (sic) Devi, and in commemoration of her victory over the giant Doorg, in consequence of which she...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1807-1809
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1 Item

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Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
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Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Dancing-girl and four musicians
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Dancing-girl and four musicians. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Same boll’ (cymbal?) ‘with dancing Girl’; in Tamil: ‘taci’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
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1 Item

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Title:
Merchant holding a gold pen-case
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Merchant holding a gold pen-case. Inscribed in English: ‘This Picture Cast of Bygan’; in Tamil: ‘komati cati patam.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Cook and wife
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Cook and wife; the man holds a joint of meat and a kettle, his wife a fish and a basket. Inscribed in English: ‘Cook’; in Tamil: ‘Kucinikkaran’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Maratha tailor and wife
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Maratha tailor and wife; the man holds a measure and his wife a pair of scissors. Inscribed in English: ‘Maratah Taylor’; in Tamil: ‘maratiya tayyalkaran.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item

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