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711. Add Or 3839-3840

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Add Or 3839-3840
Title:
Add.Or.3839-3840 Two paintings depicting the Jagannatha trio in their temple car accompanied by precursors. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Oris ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3839-3840 Two paintings depicting the Jagannatha trio in their temple car accompanied by precursors. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Orissa, c.1800 or earlier. Gouache and earth-colours on prepared cloth; varying sizes. Acquired by W.G. Archer from members of the painter communi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1801
Extent:
2 items

712. Add Or 3841, Add Or 3672

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Add Or 3841, Add Or 3672
Title:
Add.Or.3841; Add.Or.3672 Two paintings depicting the Jagannatha trio in their temple car accompanied by out-riders. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri distri ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3841; Add.Or.3672 Two paintings depicting the Jagannatha trio in their temple car accompanied by out-riders. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Orissa, early-nineteenth century. Gouache and earth-colours on prepared cloth; varying sizes. Acquired by W.G. Archer from members of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
2 items

713. Add Or 3846

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Add Or 3846
Title:
A prince at a well being given water by a girl
Scope & Content:
A prince at a well. Hyderabad, c.1780. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on the reverse by Col. Gayer-Anderson: to ‘my valued Friend ‘W.G.’ in recognition of his many kindnesses and of his acumen in the ‘Bargain Basement’ from T.G.G.- A. 7.12.53’; collection number ‘GA P....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

714. Add Or 3847

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3847
Title:
Playing cards for the game of Ramayana Ganjifa
Scope & Content:
Playing cards for the game of Ramayana Ganjifa. Orissa, Sonpur, early 20th century. Presented 24 November 1922. A set of 144 circular cards made of paper, painted and lacquered; divided into 12 suits; contained in a wooden box with sliding top, painted with simple decoration and the figure of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900-1930
Extent:
1 Item

715. Add Or 3848, 4051-4052

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Add Or 3848, 4051-4052
Title:
Add.Or.3848, 4051-4052 Three portraits from a set of Indian characters and rulers. Hyderabad, c.1745. Note: From a series of portraits of Indian chara ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3848, 4051-4052 Three portraits from a set of Indian characters and rulers. Hyderabad, c.1745. Note: From a series of portraits of Indian characters and rulers which was sold at Sotheby’s in 1951 and was largely divided between the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum (I.S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1744-1746
Extent:
3 items

716. Add Or 3849

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3849
Title:
Chand Bibi hawking
Scope & Content:
Chand Bibi hawking. Hyderabad, c.1800. Purchased June 1976. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i Chand bibi’ (portrait of Chand Bibi). Gouache with gold. 156 by 201 mm. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.7. Chand Bibi (d.1599, wife of ‘Ali ‘Adil Shah I of Bijapur) is out hawking on a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

717. Add Or 3850

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3850
Title:
A lady with a peacock
Scope & Content:
A lady with a peacock. Hyderabad, c.1810. Purchased June 1976. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with brown border. 184 by 115 mm; page 232 by 165 mm. Reverse: a page of text from a manuscript of Persian poetry; 18th century. A lady stretches her arms above her head as she stands on a te...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

718. Add Or 3851-3852

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Add Or 3851-3852
Title:
Add.Or.3851-3852 2 drawings from a series depicting occupations. By a Tanjore artist, c.1800. Gouache; 355 by 243 mm. Purchased 1976. Note: The toweri ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3851-3852 2 drawings from a series depicting occupations. By a Tanjore artist, c.1800. Gouache; 355 by 243 mm. Purchased 1976. Note: The towering white-edged clouds, the bushes on the horizon and the looped shadows attached to the feet suggest a date about the turn of the century. F...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1801
Extent:
2 items

719. Add Or 3853

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3853
Title:
Shah Jahan in durbar
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan in durbar. Mughal, c.1650. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i shah Jahan’ (a picture of Shah Jahan). Gouache with gold. 305 by 220 mm. Reproduced: Losty (1986), 33. Listed: Foster (1906), no.66; Foster (1924), no.71. Shah Jahan,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

720. Add Or 3854

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3854
Title:
Jahangir as a youth
Scope & Content:
Jahangir as a youth. Mughal, c.1620-30. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. The picture is first mentioned as no.65 in the 1906 edition of Foster (‘A Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings, Statues etc. in the India Office’) suggesting that it was acquired sometime between then and the d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1620-1630
Extent:
1 Item

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