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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Fraser Collection

1. Add Or 4057

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Add Or 4057
Title:
A street-scene in the village of Raniya
Scope & Content:
A street-scene in the village of Raniya. In the foreground a young woman sits spinning a child beside her, with other women around her. In the background between the houses and giant jars are cattle and camels and numerous other figures going about their business. Inscribed on cover-sheet: ‘N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4057-4058

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4057-4058
Title:
Add.Or.4057-4058 Two drawings commissioned by William and James Baillie Fraser 1815-19. By Delhi artists, c.1816-20. Water-colour and body-colour on p ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.4057-4058 Two drawings commissioned by William and James Baillie Fraser 1815-19. By Delhi artists, c.1816-20. Water-colour and body-colour on paper. From the collections of James Baillie and William Fraser, and by family descent; purchased 1980.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
2 items

3. Add Or 4058

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4058
Title:
Portraits of three villagers standing on a hillside
Scope & Content:
Portraits of three villagers standing on a hillside. On the left is Mohan Lal, ‘diwan’ of Nawab Zabita Khan Bhatti. In the centre is Muhammad, a barber, carrying a staff over his shoulder. On the right is a village ‘lambadar’ or official collector of land revenue, called Salotar. Inscribed o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4472

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4472
Title:
Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab (reg. 1780-1839)
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab (reg.1780-1839), bearing sword and shield, and standing on a terrace with water and trees beyond. By a Delhi artist, c.1816-20. Water-colour; 205 by 160 mm. From the collections of James Baillie and William Fraser, and by family descent. Purchased 1989. N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1829
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4474

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4474
Title:
William Fraser (1784-1835)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), half-length, seated in a chair, holding the snake of a hookah in his left hand and a handkerchief in his right. By a Delhi artist, c.1820-25. Opaque water-colour with gold, within an oval 105 by 87 mm, within a rectangular frame with gold flowering creep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4475

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4475
Title:
A portrait of the naked ascetic Pothi Sadhu of Mathura
Scope & Content:
A portrait of the naked ascetic Pothi Sadhu of Mathura, who sits on an animal skin with his right foot caught up under his right armpit, and wearing just a green turban with a white cloth wound round it and over his mouth. Around him are positioned his garment, shoes, crutch, bow and bowls. By...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4659

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4659
Title:
Portrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), Assistant Resident at Delhi
Scope & Content:
Portrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), Assistant Resident at Delhi. By a Delhi artist, c.1835. Inscribed on reverse:’ Faridansaheb Deputy Kamishoner of Delhi’ and in Urdu’: Shamsheri Khan ne marvaya - aur unko badle men phansi di ga’i’ (‘he was killed on the instance of Shamsher Khan and he...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item