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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1776
Title:: East Collection Side elevation of Arjumand Banu Begum's cenotaph, Taj Mahal, Agra
Scope & Content:: Side elevation of Arjumand Banu Begum's cenotaph, Taj Mahal, Agra
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1808-1820
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1790
Title:: Plan of the Red Fort, Delhi. Artist(s): Nidhamal (fl.mid 18th century)
Scope & Content:: Plan of the Red Fort, Delhi. By Nidhamal, Mughal, c.1750. The inscription on the reverse suggests that the picture was in the collection of Robert Orme who was in India from 1742 to 1758, although it is not included in Hill (1916). It was presumably acquired by the Library with the Orme Colle...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1750
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1791-1810
Title:: Bax Collection Add.Or.1791-1810 20 drawings, originally bound into an album, depicting Muslim monuments at Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri, c.1820-22. Add.Or.1791-180 ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.1791-1810 20 drawings, originally bound into an album, depicting Muslim monuments at Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri, c.1820-22. Add.Or.1791-1808 by Latif, an Agra artist; 1809-1810 by a different Delhi or Agra artist. Inscribed with titles in English and Urdu; 1791-1807 inscribed: ‘‘Am...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 20 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1811
Title:: The marriage ceremony of Vasudeva and Devaki
Scope & Content:: The marriage ceremony of Vasudeva and Devaki. Basohli (Guler influence), c.1760. Purchased 1 February 1960. Inscribed on reverse with Sanskrit descriptions in nagari and ‘gurmukhi’ characters. Gouache with gold; red border. 227 by 334 mm; page 298 by 403 mm. Reproduced: Losty (1986), 64. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1760-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1815
Title:: Nawab, afterwards King, Ghazi al-Din Haidar of Oudh (1814-27) entertaining Lord and Lady Moira to a banquet
Scope & Content:: Ghazi al-Din Haidar (Nawab and, after 1819, King of Oudh, 1814-27) entertaining Lord and Lady Moira to a banquet in his palace. Paintings of horses, mirrors and girandoles decorate the walls and above the window is the coat of arms of the kings of Oudh. The river Gumti is seen through the door...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1816-1835
Title:: Add.Or.1816-1835 20 drawings depicting various processes in the manufacture of opium at the Gulzarbagh Factory, Patna. By Shiva Lal (c.1817-c.1887), P ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.1816-1835 20 drawings depicting various processes in the manufacture of opium at the Gulzarbagh Factory, Patna. By Shiva Lal (c.1817-c.1887), Patna, 1857. Inscribed on back by W.G. Archer: ‘Shiva Lal. Sketch for an opium set, c.1857.’ Unfinished; pencil, apart from the first in penci...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1856-1858
Extent:: 20 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1836
Title:: Pilgrim carrying Ganges water
Scope & Content:: Pilgrim carrying Ganges water. By a Patna artist, c.1820. Water-colour; 6 by 7 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer from Ishwari Prasad at Patna in 1948.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1820
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1837
Title:: Three musicians
Scope & Content:: Three musicians. By a Patna artist, c.1840. Brush drawing; 5.75 by 3.75ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer from Ishwari Prasad at Patna in 1948.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1838-1840
Title:: Add.Or.1838-1840 Three drawings of a dancing-girl and musicians. By a Patna artist, c.1840. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Ob ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.1838-1840 Three drawings of a dancing-girl and musicians. By a Patna artist, c.1840. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer from Ishwari Prasad at Patna in 1948. Similar to Add.Or.417-9.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1839-1841
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1841-1842
Title:: Add.Or.1841-1842 Two drawings of occupations. By Gopal Lal (1840-1911), a Patna artist, c.1870. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.1841-1842 Two drawings of occupations. By Gopal Lal (1840-1911), a Patna artist, c.1870. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer from Ishwari Prasad at Patna in 1948 who attributed them to Gopal Lal.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869-1871
Extent:: 2 items

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