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1. Add Or 3

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Title:
Village life in Kashmir. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80)
Scope & Content:
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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 8

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Title:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu
Scope & Content:
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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 29

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Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 331

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Title:
Taj Mahal, Agra, with trees on either side.
Scope & Content:
The Taj Mahal, Agra, with trees on either side. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1830. Inscribed on back: ‘The Taj Mahal at Agra. S. View Taj.’ Water-colour; 4.5 by 6.25 ins. Narrow ruled Indian ink border between double black rules. Purchased August 1955.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 340

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Title:
Taj Mahal, Agra, from the river.
Scope & Content:
The Taj Mahal, Agra, from the river showing the mausoleum, mosque and assembly hall. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820-30. Inscribed on original mount: ‘The Taj Mahal by an Indian artist, about 1828. The drawing belonged to the late Colonel James Arden Crommelin R.E. of Darjeeling’ (1801-93);...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 341

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Add Or 341
Title:
Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra
Scope & Content:
Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820-30. Water-colour; 7.5 by 9 ins. Narrow Indian ink border and rule. Presented by Miss Estelle Blyth, 26 November 1942. Note: From the same group of papers as Add.Or.340. This drawing was probably also collected by Colonel Cromm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 476

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Title:
Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (1775-97), Nawab of Oudh
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97) holding a sword seated on a green velvet chair in an archway, a red-patterned carpet on the floor. By a Lucknow artist, c.1780. Gouache; 8.25 by 5.25 ins. Purchased 10 January 1957. Note: This portrait appears to be based on a painting by the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 483

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Title:
A landscape with a shrine and pilgrims
Scope & Content:
A scene at a shrine. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.84; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 23. A shrine to Siva, flying a red banner from the roof pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 484

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Title:
A river scene with a nobleman in a morpunkhi, with a shrine and travellers
Scope & Content:
A river scene. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 24. In the middle of the river is a peacock barge in which a wealthy nobleman rides, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 486

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Title:
Golden Temple, Amritsar
Scope & Content:
The Golden Temple, Amritsar (Punjab). By an Amritsar artist, c.1860. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i sri darbar sahib jiv waqi‘ah i shahr i Amritsar -jiv parastish-gah i Sikhan’ (Picture of the Holy Sikh Temple situated in the city of Amritsar; the holy worshipping place of the Sik...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item