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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 32-38
Title:: Add.Or.32-38 7 paintings depicting trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, c.1805. Inscribed on front in Tamil and also in English by a ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.32-38 7 paintings depicting trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, c.1805. Inscribed on front in Tamil and also in English by an Indian. Gouache; 18 by 12.5 ins. Purchased 10 November 1954. Note: Similar in style to Add.Or.680-706.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1802-1804
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 39-70
Title:: Add.Or.39-70 32 drawings bound into a volume, 24 depicting castes and occupations of South India, 2 festivals, 5 methods of transport and one showing ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.39-70 32 drawings bound into a volume, 24 depicting castes and occupations of South India, 2 festivals, 5 methods of transport and one showing a European house in Vellore. Probably by a Tanjore artist, working at Vellore, c.1828. Inscribed with titles. Water-marks of 1823 and 1826. G...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1827-1829
Extent:: 32 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 71-170
Title:: Add.Or.71-170 100 drawings, bound into two volumes, depicting methods of transport ‘(sawari),’ occupations, costumes, and ascetics. By a Benares artis ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.71-170 100 drawings, bound into two volumes, depicting methods of transport ‘(sawari),’ occupations, costumes, and ascetics. By a Benares artist, c.1815-20. Inscribed in ink by an Indian with vernacular and English titles; also in certain cases in pencil with titles in ‘nagari’ charact...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1815-1820
Extent:: 100 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 171-187
Title:: Add.Or.171-187 17 drawings depicting household servants, castes and tradesmen. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1846. Inscri ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.171-187 17 drawings depicting household servants, castes and tradesmen. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1846. Inscribed with titles and Add.Or.173-6, 178. 188 and 189 signed by the painter in English. Water-mark of 1845. Water-colour; 11 by 7.75 ins. Purch...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1845-1847
Extent:: 17 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 188-209
Title:: Add.Or.188-209 22 paintings portraying various trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, 1797. Gouache; 14 by 9 ins approx. Mostly inscri ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.188-209 22 paintings portraying various trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, 1797. Gouache; 14 by 9 ins approx. Mostly inscribed on back with titles by an Indian, writing in English; Add.Or.188 dated 1797. Purchased 4 September 1955. Note: Closely related to Add.Or...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1797-1797
Extent:: 22 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 211-304
Title:: Add.Or.211-304 Two unfinished sets of drawings intended as panoramas depicting durbar processions of Akbar II, Emperor of Delhi, 1806-37. By Delhi art ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.211-304 Two unfinished sets of drawings intended as panoramas depicting durbar processions of Akbar II, Emperor of Delhi, 1806-37. By Delhi artists, c.1820-25. Inscribed with names of individuals in Persian characters (transliterations added by India Office Library), also with colour n...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 96 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 305, Add Or 328
Title:: Add.Or.305; Add.Or.328 2 drawings of the Taj Mahal, Agra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1835-40. Water-colour; 3.75 by 4.5 ins. Narrow Indian ink bord ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.305; Add.Or.328 2 drawings of the Taj Mahal, Agra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1835-40. Water-colour; 3.75 by 4.5 ins. Narrow Indian ink border. Purchased August 1955.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1835-1840
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 306, Add Or 320-321, Add Or 323-324, Add Or 327
Title:: Add.Or.306; Add.Or.320-321; Add.Or.323-324; Add.Or.327 6 drawings of monuments at Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1840. W ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.306; Add.Or.320-321; Add.Or.323-324; Add.Or.327 6 drawings of monuments at Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 7.25 by 8.75 ins. Narrow Indian ink border. Purchased August 1955. Note: This set is marked by its pink (as distinct from reddis...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1835-1841
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 307-319, Add Or 326
Title:: Add.Or.307-319; Add.Or.326 14 drawings of monuments at Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1835-40. Water-colour; 7.5 by 9 ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.307-319; Add.Or.326 14 drawings of monuments at Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1835-40. Water-colour; 7.5 by 9 ins. Water-mark of 1834. Narrow lndian ink border. Purchased August 1955.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1835-1841
Extent:: 14 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 322, Add Or 325
Title:: Add.Or.322; Add.Or.325 2 drawings of tombs near Delhi. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 7.25 by 8.75 ins. Narrow Indian ink border. ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.322; Add.Or.325 2 drawings of tombs near Delhi. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 7.25 by 8.75 ins. Narrow Indian ink border. Water-mark of 1839. Purchased August 1955. Note: Part of a set in which a suggestion of landscape appears.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1839-1841
Extent:: 2 items

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