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441. Add Or 2784

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Add Or 2784
Title:
A boar hunt
Scope & Content:
A boar hunt. Jaipur, c.1860. Formerly Album 69, no.17; acquired 25 September 1922 (circumstances of acquisition unrecorded). Gouache with gold; silver and red borders. 195 by 258 mm; page 235 by 310 mm. A boar hunt takes place in a sparse landscape in celebration of the Spring Festival. Fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

442. Add Or 2785

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2785
Title:
A hunt
Scope & Content:
A hunt. Jaipur, c.1900. Formerly Album 69, no.18; acquired 25 September 1922 (circumstances of acquisition unrecorded). Gouache with gold; unfinished 210 by 300 mm. Two horsemen dressed in green are chasing deer up a hillside; other men are running on foot, one with a hound which chases a bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item

443. Add Or 2786

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2786
Title:
Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan. Murshidabad, c.1820. Formerly Album 69, no.19; purchased 12 December 1919. Inscribed at top of mount in Persian: ‘shah jahan padshan’ (the emperor Shah Jahan); on reverse in ‘pencil’: Shah Jehan. No.5. Gouache with gold; red borders and uncoloured margin. 197 by 122 mm; page 28...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

444. Add Or 2787

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2787
Title:
Akbar
Scope & Content:
Akbar. Murshidabad, c.1820. Formerly Album 69, no.19; purchased 12 December 1919. Inscribed at top of mount in Persian: ‘Akbar badshah’ (the emperor Akbar); on reverse in pencil: ‘Akbar (Delhi).’ Gouache with gold; red borders and uncoloured margin. 178 by 112 mm; page 280 by 210 mm. The e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

445. Add Or 2788

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2788
Title:
Dipaka Raga
Scope & Content:
Dipaka Raga. Delhi, c.1820. Formerly Album 69, no.21; purchased 25 September 1922. Inscribed on sky in Persian characters: ‘rag-i dipak rag’ (‘the raga Dipaka Raga).’ Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated borders. 192 by 112 mm; page 355 by 236 mm. A prince is seated with...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

446. Add Or 2789

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2789
Title:
Layla repulsing the advances of her husband Ibn Salam. Artist(s): Sadiq, style of
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Layla repulsing the advances of her husband Ibn Salam. The couple are seated on a carpet with stone balustrade behind; a maid brings a dish of refreshments. Foreground, grass with two glass decanters and a tumbler on a tray. Style of Sadiq. Late eighteenth century. 13 b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1800
Extent:
1 Item

447. Add Or 2790

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2790
Title:
Self-immolation of the Hindu widow (sati ). Artist(s): Sadiq, style of
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Suz wa Gudaz’ of Na‘wi: The self-immolation (‘sati’) of the Hindu widow. Style of Sadiq. The corpse on a burning pyre centre, approached by the widow, holding an aigrette and looking back at the mounted prince on the left; on the right, five mourners, one p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1800
Extent:
1 Item

448. Add Or 2791

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Add Or 2791
Title:
Fifteen drug addicts
Scope & Content:
Fifteen drug addicts. Mughal, c.1820. Formerly Album 69, no.24; acquired 25 September 1922. Gouache; on an undecorated album page with gold rules. 198 by 162 mm; page 337 by 236 mm. Fifteen men gathered outside a hut are preparing and imbibing ‘charas.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

449. Add Or 2792

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2792
Title:
Siva as Virabhadra
Scope & Content:
Siva as Virabhadra. Kangra style, c.1900. Formerly Album 69, no.25. Purchased 25 September 1922. Gouache; narrow black border with debased floral pattern. 152 by 94 mm; page 163 by 105 mm. Virabhadra, personifying Siva’s wrath, and therefore depicted dark orange, holding a trident and ridi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item

450. Add Or 2793

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2793
Title:
Ganesa enthroned.
Scope & Content:
Ganesa enthroned. Mandi, c.1860. Formerly Album 69, no.26. Purchased 25 September 1922. Gouache with gold; dark blue border. 175 by 233 mm; with border 190 by 248 mm. A lady stands behind the enthroned Ganesa waving a ‘chauri’ while another lady stands in front of him with a ‘pan’ box. No...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

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