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111. Add Or 483

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Add Or 483
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

112. Add Or 484

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Add Or 484
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

113. Add Or 485

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 485
Title:
Kakubha Ragini. Artist(s): Fath Chand (fl.c.1750-60)
Scope & Content:
Kakubha Ragini. By Fath Chand, Mughal, c.1750-60. Purchased January 1957. Inscribed on border in Persian: ‘‘amal-i fath chand’ (the work of Fath Chand). Gouache with gold; blind gold panel above; on an album leaf with borders of tinted paper decorated with gold sprinkling and arabesques. 11...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1750-1760
Extent:
1 Item

114. Add Or 486

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 486
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

115. Add Or 487-489

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Add Or 487-489
Title:
Add.Or.487-489 Three drawings made for an Englishman in Calcutta depicting his house, horses, gig and servants. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhamma ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.487-489 Three drawings made for an Englishman in Calcutta depicting his house, horses, gig and servants. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1845. Purchased 14 January 1957. Note: These pictures are from a set similar to Add.Or.2553, executed by the same artist ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1846
Extent:
3 items

116. Add Or 490

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 490
Title:
An inhabitant of the Poggy Islands, near Sumatra. Artist(s): Manu Lal (fl. c.1798-1811)
Scope & Content:
An inhabitant of the Poggy Islands, near Sumatra. He is tattooed and carries a bow and arrow. By Manu Lal, a Patna artist resident in Calcutta, c.1810. Inscribed on front in English: ‘A Native of the Poggy Islands’; in Persian characters: ‘Raqim i in taswir Manu La‘l musauwir sakin i Azimabad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

117. Add Or 491-525

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Add Or 491-525
Title:
Add.Or.491-525 35 drawings; 12 menu cards and 23 place-cards depicting scenes from the ‘Ramayana, Mahabharata’ and its appendix the ‘Harivamsa.’ By H. ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.491-525 35 drawings; 12 menu cards and 23 place-cards depicting scenes from the ‘Ramayana, Mahabharata’ and its appendix the ‘Harivamsa.’ By H. Hanumanta Rao of Madanapalle, Cuddapah, c.1900. All inscribed on reverse with story and name of artist. Pen-and-ink; 16.5 by 10.7cm and 3.7cm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899-1901
Extent:
35 items

118. Add Or 526-534

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 526-534
Title:
Add.Or.526-534 9 drawings depicting occupations. Probably by Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1804. Watermark of 1801 on Add.Or.534. Water ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.526-534 9 drawings depicting occupations. Probably by Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1804. Watermark of 1801 on Add.Or.534. Water-colour; various sizes. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 14 May 1956. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad, grands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803-1805
Extent:
9 items

119. Add Or 535-537

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 535-537
Title:
Add.Or.535-537 3 drawings depicting elephant housings and harness. By a Calcutta artist, c.1815. Water-colour; various sizes. Circumstances of acquisi ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.535-537 3 drawings depicting elephant housings and harness. By a Calcutta artist, c.1815. Water-colour; various sizes. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Note: The inscription on 535 suggests that these drawings were made for Steuart and Co, who were famous coach-makers at 8 Ol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1816
Extent:
3 items

120. Add Or 538

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 538
Title:
Qutb Minar, Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Qutb Minar, Delhi with Major Robert Smith’s cupola on the right. By a Delhi artist, 1886. Inscribed on front: ‘The Kutb from a Native artist in 1886. 245ft height.’ Water-colour; 25 by 18 ins. Narrow Indian ink border. Purchased 6 May 1913. Note: Sombre in colour with a grey sky, brow...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 Item

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