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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Archer Collection

711. Add Or 3817

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3817
Title:
Pig-sticking
Scope & Content:
Pig-sticking. 198 by 305 mm. Two Englishmen ride on horseback carrying pig-sticking spears, one smoking a pipe; two black buck run alongside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

712. Add Or 3821

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3821
Title:
Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d1826)
Scope & Content:
Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d.1826). Guler, c.1830. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse by or at the instance of the dealer Radha Krishan Bharany: ‘Raja Goverdhen Chand enjoying music, lying with his Queen Rani Goverdhana on a cot placed on the cross of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

713. Add Or 3822

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3822
Title:
A lady feeding a parrot. Artist(s): Chandu Lal, of Rajol (fl.1966)
Scope & Content:
A lady feeding a parrot. By Chandu Lal of Rajol, Kangra, 1966. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Raina Chandu Lal musavvir Rajol mavarkha 4.1.66’ (Raina Chandu Lal, painter, Rajol, dated 4.1.66). Gouache; decorated black and pink borders. 220 by 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1966
Extent:
1 Item

714. Add Or 3823

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3823
Title:
Two Muslim devotees with pointed beards attending a shrine of a pir.
Scope & Content:
Two Muslim devotees with pointed beards attending the shrine of a ‘pir,’ a lamp burning on the top, flags on either side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

715. Add Or 3824

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3824
Title:
Two Muslim figures with sword-sticks.
Scope & Content:
Two Muslim figures with sword-sticks and shields indulging in mock fighting at the Muharram festival; a drummer in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

716. Add Or 3825

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3825
Title:
Three Santal women with sprigs of sal blossom dancing at the Baha festival.
Scope & Content:
Three Santal women with sprigs of sal blossom dancing at the Baha festival accompaned by a drummer with a ‘tumdak’;’ below a red horse and blue elephant, the symbolic vehicles of the Kisku and Murmu Santal clans.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

717. Add Or 3826

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3826
Title:
Scroll painting illustrating the Baha festival - white monkey
Scope & Content:
A white monkey with yellow scarf addresses a large goose-like bird with yellow head, neck and feet and white and black plumage. Below a male figure with yellow skin and red scarf attended by a figure holding an umbrella approaches a four-headed four-armed figure riding on a gander. Note: Rega...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

718. Add Or 3841, Add Or 3672

Reference (shelfmark):
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

719. Add Or 3848

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3848
Title:
Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah (1724-48)
Scope & Content:
Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah (1st Nizam of Hyderabad 1724-48). Purchased June 1976. Inscribed on cover-paper: ‘Nizam al muluck - Soubah of the Decan’; numbered in a different hand: ‘(2)’; in Persian: ‘Nawab Asaf Jah’; cover-paper watermarked with a crowned armorial device over lette...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1745
Extent:
1 Item

720. Add Or 3848, 4051-4052

Reference (shelfmark):
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