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391. Add Or 2550

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Add Or 2550
Title:
A pair of Nuktas or Old World Comb-ducks (Sarkidiornis melanotos). After C.W. Smith. Artist(s): Fakir Chand Lal (c.1790-c.1865) after Smith, Christopher Webb (b.1793)
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A pair of Nuktas or Old World Comb-ducks ‘(Sarkidiornis melanotos)’ swimming on a lake with a group of Pintails ‘(Anas acuta)’ in the background. By Fakir Chand Lal (c.1790-c.1865), a Patna artist, c.1850. Water-colour; 7.25 by 9 ins. Presented by Michael Archer, 30 January 1969. Note: Obtai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

392. Add Or 2551-2552

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Add Or 2551-2552
Title:
Add.Or.2551-2552 Two paintings of occupations and costume in the Punjab and Kashmir. By Amritsar artists, 1866. Purchased 21 February 1969. Note: Thes ...
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Add.Or.2551-2552 Two paintings of occupations and costume in the Punjab and Kashmir. By Amritsar artists, 1866. Purchased 21 February 1969. Note: These two paintings - the first by Kapur Singh, the second by an unknown painter - were taken from an album of Punjabi costumes and occupations co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1866
Extent:
2 items

393. Add Or 2553

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Add Or 2553
Title:
A sweeper (mehtar) and water-carrier (bihishti) cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
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A sweeper ‘(mehtar)’ and water-carrier ‘(bihishti)’ cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1830-35. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Bhisty’;’ Mayter’; in Persian characters: ‘bihishti’; ‘mihtar’;’ Shaikh Muhammad Amir musauwir....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835-1840
Extent:
1 Item

394. Add Or 2554-2556

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Add Or 2554-2556
Title:
Add.Or.2554-2556 Three paintings from a set chiefly depicting occupations in South India. By a Madras artist, c.1783. Gouache; orange borders with red ...
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Add.Or.2554-2556 Three paintings from a set chiefly depicting occupations in South India. By a Madras artist, c.1783. Gouache; orange borders with red rules. Presented 1 July 1969; 2554 and 2555 by Mildred and W.G. Archer; 2556 by Edwin Binney 3rd. Note: These three paintings were part of a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1782-1784
Extent:
3 items

395. Add Or 2558-2560

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Add Or 2558-2560
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Add.Or.2558-2560 Scroll painting cut into three sections depicting the tigers’ god. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal P ...
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Add.Or.2558-2560 Scroll painting cut into three sections depicting the tigers’ god. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, 1945. Water-colour; width 345 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Presented 1969.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945-1945
Extent:
3 items

396. Add Or 2561-2569

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Add Or 2561-2569
Title:
Add.Or.2561-2569 Scroll painting cut into nine sections depicting the Baha festival. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2561-2569 Scroll painting cut into nine sections depicting the Baha festival. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1945. Water-colour; width 344 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Presented 1969.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945-1945
Extent:
9 items

397. Add Or 2570-2578

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Add Or 2570-2578
Title:
Add.Or.2570-2578 Scroll painting cut into nine sections depicting Krishna. By Sudesvar Citrakar, village Tesjuri, Kuldangar circle, Jamtara subdivisio ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2570-2578 Scroll painting cut into nine sections depicting Krishna. By Sudesvar Citrakar, village Tesjuri, Kuldangar circle, Jamtara subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, 1944. Water-colour; width 210 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1944. Presented 1969. Note: Sadesvar Citraka...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1944-1944
Extent:
9 items

398. Add Or 2579-2587

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Add Or 2579-2587
Title:
Add.Or.2579-2587 Scroll painting cut into nine sections depicting the story of the childless couple Kama and Padmavati, who are granted a child by Kri ...
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Add.Or.2579-2587 Scroll painting cut into nine sections depicting the story of the childless couple Kama and Padmavati, who are granted a child by Krishna but are ordered to kill it to prove their faith, the child being later brought to life. By jugal Citrakar, village Salpatra, Tilaki circle,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1929-1931
Extent:
9 items

399. Add Or 2588

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Add Or 2588
Title:
The Jagannatha trio reduced to essentials.
Scope & Content:
The Jagannatha trio. Similar to Add.Or.3682. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Orissa, late-nineteenth century. Gouache on paper; 185 by 205 mm. Acquired by W.G. Archer from members of the painter community in a suburb of Puri, December 1933. Presented by Michael Archer, 1969.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1900
Extent:
1 Item

400. Add Or 2589-2593

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Add Or 2589-2593
Title:
Five designs for Sir Richard Temple's book The Thirty-seven Nats
Scope & Content:
Five designs for Sir Richard Carnac Temple’s proposed book, ‘The Thirty-seven Nats’, eventually published London, 1906. By Burmese artists, c.1890. Inscribed in pencil with notes by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. Water-colour; 48 by 69 cms. Presented by Sir Richard Temple, together with Burmese ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 Item

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