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Title:
Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
Scope & Content:
Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
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A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers
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Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers, two of whom offer cups of wine. The miniature is numbered '14' in the outer margin. 12.5 by 12 cm. (ex Monif Collection, New York). Purchased, July 1953. For other miniatures detached from the same manuscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Dancing-girl and four musicians
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Dancing-girl and four musicians. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Same boll’ (cymbal?) ‘with dancing Girl’; in Tamil: ‘taci’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Dancing-girls and musicians
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Dancing-girls and musicians. Inscribed: ‘‘Kunchinee’ or Dancing Girls.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Puppet showman with two puppets
Scope & Content:
Puppet showman with two puppets. Inscribed: ‘73. Pootley Nauchaunawallah. (a Man Dancing Pupet Sho).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Male dancer with singer and drummer
Scope & Content:
Male dancer with singer and drummer. Inscribed: ‘74. Paworeah. (Man Dancing & Singing).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Bard or reciter of poetry, dressed in white, wearing black beads and carrying a lance
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Bard or reciter of poetry, dressed in white, wearing black beads and carrying a lance. Inscribed: ‘95. Bhaut Kubbit purnawallah. (a Man Verse Reader).’ 1814 water-mark.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Bairagi (Vaisnava devotee) wearing a loin cloth and carrying a one-stringed instrument and clappers.
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‘Bairagi’ (Vaishnava devotee) wearing a loin cloth and carrying a one-stringed instrument ‘(ektara)’ and clappers ‘(khartala).’ Inscribed: ‘96. Byragey. (Beggar).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Seated musician playing on a drum.
Scope & Content:
Seated musician playing on a drum ‘(dholak)’ with cymbals lying beside him. Inscribed: ‘100. Hauhaur Koorook - a Kind of Music.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item