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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Archer Collection

801. Add Or 3941

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Add Or 3941
Title:
A Brahman and his wife
Scope & Content:
A Brahman and his wife. The woman wears a nine-yard sari with a white border and carries a brass ‘lota’ and a crimson bundle. Her husband wears a white cloth with a crimson scarf round his neck and carries a blue bag on his shoulder. He holds a palm-leaf manuscript in his left hand and a palm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

802. Add Or 3942

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Add Or 3942
Title:
Three men using a grain pounder
Scope & Content:
Three men using a grain pounder (‘dhenki’). By a Murshidabad artist, c.1780-90. Inscribed on back: ‘Lucknow School late C18th.’ Gouache: red border and black rules; 146 by 248 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1970-2, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

803. Add Or 3943

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Add Or 3943
Title:
Silver mace-bearer
Scope & Content:
Silver mace-bearer (‘chobdar’). Inscribed: ‘Chaubdar’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

804. Add Or 3943-3946

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Add Or 3943-3946
Title:
Add.Or.3943-3946 Four drawings from a series depicting occupations, the figures being depicted against a simple landscape. By a Murshidabad artist, c. ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3943-3946 Four drawings from a series depicting occupations, the figures being depicted against a simple landscape. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1800. Inscriptions in white crayon on borders. Water-colour within black painted borders, 192 by 145 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1801
Extent:
4 items

805. Add Or 3944

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Add Or 3944
Title:
Vaisnava pilgrim carrying Ganges water
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava pilgrim carrying Ganges water. He wears a printed chintz tunic and cap. Inscribed: ‘Man who carrries two Baskets on his Sholdier’ [sic] ‘worshipping’ [sic] ‘to his God.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

806. Add Or 3945

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Add Or 3945
Title:
Blacksmith seated working his bellows
Scope & Content:
Blacksmith seated working his bellows. Inscribed: ‘Ironman.’ Note: In landscape format.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

807. Add Or 3946

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Add Or 3946
Title:
Ascetic with a spear, spearpoints in his turban, and a chain on his foot
Scope & Content:
Ascetic with a spear, spearpoints in his turban, and a chain on his foot. Inscribed: ‘Begger’ [sic] ‘ a Man with Iron Chain.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

808. Add Or 3948

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Add Or 3948
Title:
Hook-swinging festival (Charak Puja), with a large crowd watching including elephants, carriages and two sepoys
Scope & Content:
Hook-swinging festival (Charak Puja), with a large crowd watching including elephants, carriages and two sepoys. By a Patna artist, c.1830-40. Inscribed on back by M. Archer ‘Hookswinging festival Murshidabad. From A.S. Nahar.’ Water-colour; 159 by 233 mm. From the collection of Mildred a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

809. Add Or 3949

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Add Or 3949
Title:
Two clerks in Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert's bungalow at Hazaribagh
Scope & Content:
Two clerks working in Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert’s bungalow. Both are dressed in white turbans, shirts and dhotis. One is seated at a circular pedestal table writing with a quill pen, the other, with a gold watch-chain and seal hanging from his pocket, stands at the table sorting papers. 449 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

810. Add Or 3949-3951

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Add Or 3949-3951
Title:
Add.Or.3949-3951 3 drawings made for Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert when Commandant of the Ramgarh Battalion at Hazaribagh (Bihar), fr ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3949-3951 3 drawings made for Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert when Commandant of the Ramgarh Battalion at Hazaribagh (Bihar), from a series depicting his houses, servants, horse and local scenery at Hazaribagh (Bihar), Sambalpur (Orissa) and Surguja (Central Provinces). B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824-1826
Extent:
3 items