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71. Add Or 9-14

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Add Or 9-14
Title:
Add.Or.9-14 Six leaves from a manuscript of the ‘Bhagavata Purana.’ Nagpur, c.1780. Purchased 1954. Each folio has three to seven lines of Sanskrit te ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.9-14 Six leaves from a manuscript of the ‘Bhagavata Purana.’ Nagpur, c.1780. Purchased 1954. Each folio has three to seven lines of Sanskrit text in nagari characters in the centre, with two to seven lines of commentary above and below; vertical rules in gold, black and red; vertical ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779-1781
Extent:
6 items

72. Add Or 15-19

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Add Or 15-19
Title:
Add.Or.15-19 5 drawings of Muhammadan and Hindu ceremonies. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, 1807-1809. Water-colour; 17 by 23 ins. Purch ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.15-19 5 drawings of Muhammadan and Hindu ceremonies. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, 1807-1809. Water-colour; 17 by 23 ins. Purchased 14 June 1954. Note: These drawings belonged to the first Earl of Minto, Governor-General of Fort William 1807-13. Other pictures from t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807-1809
Extent:
5 items

73. Add Or 20

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Add Or 20
Title:
Rama with Hanuman
Scope & Content:
Rama with Hanuman. Kangra, c.1800. Purchased from Alister Matthews, December 1950. Gouache, with gold; decorated dark blue border on sprinkled pink margin. 202 by 158 mm; page 250 by 223 mm. Rama with four attendants is riding a white horse in a hilly landscape, preceded by an attendant and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

74. Add Or 21, Add Or 210

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Add Or 21, Add Or 210
Title:
Add.Or.21, Add.Or.210 Two miniature paintings from a manuscript of the ‘Shahnama’ of Firdawsi. Indian (Sultanate): mid fifteenth century. The style is ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.21, Add.Or.210 Two miniature paintings from a manuscript of the ‘Shahnama’ of Firdawsi. Indian (Sultanate): mid fifteenth century. The style is now generally admitted to be Indian, but the strong Persian (Shiraz) influence and the fact that till recently such paintings were invariably ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1449-1451
Extent:
2 items

75. Add Or 22

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Add Or 22
Title:
A female Christian saint. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:
A female Christian saint. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1780. Purchased from Thakur J. Seesodia, November 1931. Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and apricot borders sprinkled with gold. 235 by 143 mm; page 476 by 316 mm. The saint sits reading a book at the foot of an asc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

76. Add Or 23

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Add Or 23
Title:
Majnun in the wilderness
Scope & Content:
Majnun in the wilderness. Oudh, c.1770-80. Purchased from Thakur J. Seesodia, November 1931. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with a wide margin of carnations in gold on a plain background. 227 by 158 mm; page 477 by 315 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in praise of God, written in ‘nasta‘liq’ ca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

77. Add Or 24

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Add Or 24
Title:
The rite of sati. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90)
Scope & Content:
The rite of sati. By Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1780. Purchased. Signed in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i bahadur singh’ (the work of Bahadur Singh); four lines of Sanskrit beneath the picture are a quotation from the ‘Yajñavalkyasmrti’ and its commentary describing the rite of ‘sati.’ Tinted d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

78. Add Or 25

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Add Or 25
Title:
Visnu and his ten avatars.
Scope & Content:
Visnu and his ten avatars. South India, c.1800. Presented by Sir John Sinclair, 8 July 1806, when other drawings of Madras were presented by him. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Incarnations of Vishnow for Sir John Sinclair Baronet of Ulbster [sic]. Presented by Sir John Sinclair.’ Gouache with g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

79. Add Or 26

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Add Or 26
Title:
Radha makes love to Krishna
Scope & Content:
An illustration to the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das. Kangra, c.1820. Purchased March 1955. Inscribed on reverse with seven lines of Hindi verse from the ‘Rasikapriya’ of Keshav Das. Gouache with gold; oval with yellow borders heightened with gold; spandrels with floral motifs and white decorati...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

80. Add Or 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 29
Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

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