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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3811
Title:: A prince
Scope & Content:: A prince. Marwar, c.1840. Presented by Lady Fermor, February 1975. Drawing on paper with touches of colour; pounced. 200 by 155 mm. A prince rides a horse, raising his right arm above his head.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3812
Title:: Two cowherds asking the wives of the Mathura Brahmins for food for Krishna
Scope & Content:: Two cow herds are asking the wives of the Brahmins of Mathura for food for Krishna: an illustration from the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana. Kangra, c.1800. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975 (purchased from Ishwari Prasad, Patna, March 1948). Numbered 64; inscribed on reverse in ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3813
Title:: Girl with a parakeet
Scope & Content:: Girl with a parakeet. Bikaner, c.1750. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975 (purchased from Ishwari Prasad, Patna, March 1948). Inscribed on reverse: ‘portrait of Joda bhai’; monogram ‘M.S’. with initials ‘I.S.’(?) beneath. Drawing; borders of tinted paper. 145 by 69 mm; page 255 by 1...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1750
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3814-3817
Title:: Add.Or.3814-3817 Four drawings. Kotah, c.1860. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975. Pen drawings in black ink. Note: From a series of drawings ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3814-3817 Four drawings. Kotah, c.1860. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975. Pen drawings in black ink. Note: From a series of drawings by a single artist of which others are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (I.S.86-1955 and I.S.89-1955), ‘see’ W.G. Archer (1959), figs 50, 52.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1859-1861
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3818-3820
Title:: Add.Or.3818-3820 3 drawings depicting peoples of the Malabar Coast. By a Malabar Coast artist, c.1820. Water-colour; 185 by 228 mm. Purchased 24 Novem ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3818-3820 3 drawings depicting peoples of the Malabar Coast. By a Malabar Coast artist, c.1820. Water-colour; 185 by 228 mm. Purchased 24 November 1975. Note: These drawings were part of a set, some of which had an 1816 watermark formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillips (MS....
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1819-1821
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3821
Title:: Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d1826)
Scope & Content:: Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d.1826). Guler, c.1830. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse by or at the instance of the dealer Radha Krishan Bharany: ‘Raja Goverdhen Chand enjoying music, lying with his Queen Rani Goverdhana on a cot placed on the cross of...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3822
Title:: A lady feeding a parrot. Artist(s): Chandu Lal, of Rajol (fl.1966)
Scope & Content:: A lady feeding a parrot. By Chandu Lal of Rajol, Kangra, 1966. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Raina Chandu Lal musavvir Rajol mavarkha 4.1.66’ (Raina Chandu Lal, painter, Rajol, dated 4.1.66). Gouache; decorated black and pink borders. 220 by 1...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1966
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3828-3832
Title:: Add.Or.3828-3832 Five paintings of religious and mythological subjects by Maithil Brahmin women, Madhubani district, Bihar, 1973 and 1974. Inscribed o ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3828-3832 Five paintings of religious and mythological subjects by Maithil Brahmin women, Madhubani district, Bihar, 1973 and 1974. Inscribed on the reverse in ‘nagari’ characters and in English with particulars of the artists and subjects. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; varying sizes. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1973-1974
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3833-3835
Title:: Add.Or.3833-3835 Three paintings of religious and wedding subjects by Maithil Kayasth women, Madhubani and Darbhanga districts, Bihar, 1973 and 1974. ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3833-3835 Three paintings of religious and wedding subjects by Maithil Kayasth women, Madhubani and Darbhanga districts, Bihar, 1973 and 1974. Inscribed on the reverse in ‘nagari’ characters and in English with particulars of the artists and subjects. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; vary...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1973-1974
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3836-3838
Title:: Add.Or.3836-3838 Three paintings of religious subjects by Maithil Kayasth women, Madhubani district, Bihar, 1973-75. Inscribed on the reverse in ‘naga ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3836-3838 Three paintings of religious subjects by Maithil Kayasth women, Madhubani district, Bihar, 1973-75. Inscribed on the reverse in ‘nagari’ characters and in English with particulars of the artists and subjects. Pen-and-ink in red and black; varying sizes. Commissioned by the A...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1973-1974
Extent:: 3 items

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