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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1026
Title:: Three turners at work.
Scope & Content:: Three turners at work. Inscribed: ‘Native Carpenter and Turner.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1027
Title:: Man and woman cooking their food.
Scope & Content:: Man and woman cooking their food. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Zan u’ ‘mard ba ham-digar ta‘am’ ‘mi-pazand’ (A man and woman cooking food together). Two torch-bearers.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1030
Title:: Two Vaisnava ascetics, an urddhvabahu and a bairagi
Scope & Content:: Two Vaishnava ascetics; one with arm upraised ‘(urddhvabahu),’ one carrying a bowl of fire ‘(bairagi).’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1039
Title:: Head and shoulders portrait of the emperor Akbar
Scope & Content:: Portrait of Akbar. Mughal, c.1600. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Akber’; in Persian characters: ‘akbar badshah’ (the emperor Akbar); numbered ‘1’. Drawing on paper with other sketches of a medallion and a girl’s face; mounted with border of grey paper. 133 by 130 mm; page 224 by 160 mm. Reproduced...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1600
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1040
Title:: A courtier
Scope & Content:: A courtier. Mughal, c.1780. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Abu’l Fuzul’; in Persian characters: ‘‘abd al-fazl’ (?); numbered ‘35.’ Drawing; on a paper fragment mounted within a border of grey paper. 42 by 33 mm; page 223 by 151 mm. The head of a courtier with full beard, turban and closed eyes, is ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1041
Title:: A courtier
Scope & Content:: A courtier. Mughal, c.1770. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Bhirbul a favourite minister of Akbar who married one of his daughters’; numbered ‘45.’ Drawing; mounted on paper within a border of grey paper. 63 by 69 mm; page 223 by 160 mm. Reproduced: Smith (1917), facing p.422; Smith (1919), 373. He...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1770
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1042
Title:: A nobleman
Scope & Content:: A nobleman. Mughal, c.1760. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Khan Dowran Khan / A very powerful noble in the reigns of Akber and Jehangir. He was the chief of the Hunt and from his buildings seems to have lived in greater splendour than any other noble. He was lame’; numbered ‘41’; in Persian: ‘khan dur...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1760
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1043
Title:: A raja
Scope & Content:: A raja. Mughal, c.1750. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Raja ToruI Mul a great chief at the court of Akber’; numbered ‘34’; in Persian: ‘raja atul’(?)’ mal.’ Drawing. Reverse: a faint drawing of an encounter between a monkey mounted upon a goat and a demonic figure, watched by a crowd of people. 197...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1750
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1044
Title:: A raja
Scope & Content:: A raja. Mughal, c.1700. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Raja Man Singha’ (probably for Raja Man Singh of Jaipur, 1590-1615). Drawing; lower corners replaced; border of grey paper. 183 by 134 mm; page 224 by 160 mm. Reproduced: Smith (1917), facing p.240. The raja with moustache and shortcut beard, ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1700
Extent:: 1 Item

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