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511. Add Or 3179-3181

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3179-3181
Title:
Add.Or.3179-3181 Scroll painting cut into three sections illustrating the Baha festival. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, San ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3179-3181 Scroll painting cut into three sections illustrating the Baha festival. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, 1945. Water-colour; width 345 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Presented 1972.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945-1945
Extent:
3 items

512. Add Or 3182

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3182
Title:
Muslim ascetic
Scope & Content:
A Muslim ascetic. Delhi, c.1910. Presented by Mr J. Pereira, 7 September 1972. Watercolour on paper. 129 by 87 mm; page 251 by 170 mm. An ascetic is seated on a white cloth holding a rosary.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

513. Add Or 3183

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3183
Title:
Shroff (cashier)
Scope & Content:
A shroff (cashier). Delhi, c.1910. Presented by Mr J. Pereira, 7 September 1972. Watercolour on paper. 127 by 86 mm; page 253 by 159 mm. A cashier is seated in a room weighing out coins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 Item

514. Add Or 3184

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3184
Title:
Bearded Muslim
Scope & Content:
A bearded Muslim. Delhi, c.1910. Presented by Mr J. Pereira, 7 September 1972. Watercolour on paper. 126 by 105 mm; page 264 by 201 mm. A Muslim leans on a staff and leads a donkey loaded with fire-wood.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

515. Add Or 3185

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3185
Title:
Akbar with ladies
Scope & Content:
Akbar with ladies. Delhi, c.1900. Presented by Mr J. Pereira, 7 September 1972. Inscribed in lower left corner in Persian initials: ‘Sh.M.’ Gouache; yellow and dark grey rules and undecorated border. 156 by 215 mm; page 360 by 275 mm. The emperor Akbar, holding a rose and accompanied by hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item

516. Add Or 3186

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3186
Title:
A prince with ladies
Scope & Content:
A prince with ladies. Hyderabad, c.1840. Presented by Mr J. Pereira, 7 September 1972. Inscribed on reverse: ‘No.1. Manik Chand & Sons.’ Gouache with gold; on a modern album page. 93 by 118 mm; page 323 by 260 mm. A prince is seated on a terrace with two ladies and two girls who kneel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

517. Add Or 3187

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3187
Title:
Interior of the Throne Roon in the Palace of Tirumala Nayyak
Scope & Content:
Interior of the Throne Roon (the ‘Swarga Vilasa’ or Celestial Pavilion) in the Palace of Tirumala Nayyak (1627-59) at Madurai. A British officer can be seen seated on the dais under a canopy and a punkah with clerks sitting at a table in front of him and a group of plaintiffs waiting at the sid...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

518. Add Or 3188-3274

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3188-3274
Title:
Add.Or.3188-3274 The James Chicheley Hyde Collection Lieutenant-Colonel James Chicheley Hyde (1789-1867) was the son of James Chicheley Hyde of the ac ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3188-3274 The James Chicheley Hyde Collection Lieutenant-Colonel James Chicheley Hyde (1789-1867) was the son of James Chicheley Hyde of the accountant’s office, East India House, and grand-nephew of Henry Chicheley Plowden. He went to India in the Horse Artillery in 1806, retiring as ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1851
Extent:
92 items

519. Add Or 3280

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3280
Title:
A two storeyed Palladian mansion, probably in Madras
Scope & Content:
A two storeyed Palladin mansion, probably in Madras. A ‘chaprassi’ with a Maratha-type turban stands at the foot of a flight of steps. By a Madras artist, c.1835. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Belfort House. Our place of residence;’ on original mount; ‘Cadell Esq.’. Water-colour; 26 by 42 c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

520. Add Or 3281

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3281
Title:
The unveiling of Draupadi
Scope & Content:
The unveiling of Draupadi. Delhi, c.1920. Presented by Michael Archer, 10 March 1974. Gouache; panel at top containing Persian text from the ‘Razmnama’; yellow and duck-egg blue borders. 295 by 200 mm; page 378 by 279 mm. A scene from the Mahabharata. A composite picture showing the five Pa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

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