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281. Add Or 3983

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Add Or 3983
Title:
Christopher Webb Smith's house on the lake at Gaya, Bihar
Scope & Content:
Christopher Webb Smith’s house on the lake at Gaya, Bihar. A yacht race in progress. By a Patna artist, c.1824-30. Water-colour; 152 by 203 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Purchased by W.G. Archer at Patna in 1948 from the family collection of Ishw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824-1830
Extent:
1 Item

282. Add Or 3999

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Add Or 3999
Title:
Vaisnava priests conducting worship inside the Baijnath temple, Deogarh. Artist(s): Shiva Lal (c.1820-80)
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava priests conducting worship inside the Baijnath temple, Deogarh, Santal Parganas, Bhihar. By Siva Lal (c.1820-80) a Patna artist c.1870. Inscribed on front in nagari characters: ‘baijnathji.’ Water-colour; 216 by 190 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 197...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

283. Add Or 4033

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Add Or 4033
Title:
Kotla Firuz Shah, Delhi
Scope & Content:
Kotla Firuz Shah, Delhi. By a Delhi artist, c.1820-25. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Feroze Shah’s Pillar;’ in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i kotlah i kunhan i mutassil i Dihli i mashhur ast’ (Picture of the famous old kotla near Delhi). Water-colour; black border; 250 by 343 mm. From the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

284. Add Or 4034

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Add Or 4034
Title:
The Qutb Minar, Delhi.
Scope & Content:
The Qutb Minar, Delhi. By a Delhi artist, c.1830-35. Inscribed on front: ‘Kootub Minar near Delhi’. Water-colour; black rule border; 222 by 184 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: The painting was made after the Qutb Minar had been repaired by Major Ro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1835
Extent:
1 Item

285. Add Or 4035

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Add Or 4035
Title:
La Martiniere(??), the house of Colonel Martin, at Lucknow
Scope & Content:
La Martinière, the house of Colonel Martin, at Lucknow. By a Delhi artist, c.1830-40. Inscribed on back: ‘India’. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; black rule border; 145 by 184 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Views of Lucknow buildings were at times i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

286. Add Or 4095

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Add Or 4095
Title:
The Pearl Mosque, Agra Fort
Scope & Content:
The Pearl Mosque, Agra Fort. Inscribed in Persian: ‘shabih-i Moti Masjid-i Akbarabad ast’ (picture of the Pearl Mosque, Agra). Agra or Delhi artist, c.1830-40. 74 by 129 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

287. Add Or 4123

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4123
Title:
The so-called Tumkum house outside Madurai
Scope & Content:
The so-called Tumkum house outside Madurai. Inscribed on the back in pencil: ‘Madura, A.W. Phillips, 1858; 6.’. By a Madurai artist, 1858. Water-colour on paper; 204 by 252 mm. Transferred from the National Army Museum, 1980. Note: The drawing belonged to Alexander William Phillips, Madras ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 Item

288. Add Or 4126

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4126
Title:
A panorama of Delhi taken through almost 360° from the top of the Lahore Gate of the Red Fort, Delhi. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
A panorama of Delhi taken through almost 360° from the top of the Lahore Gate of the Red Fort, Delhi. By the Delhi artist Mazhar ‘Ali Khan, dated 25th November 1846. Inscribed in Persian, English and Urdu. Water-colour and body-colour with gold; 665 by 4908 mm (530 by 4828 mm within frame) on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 Item

289. Add Or 4151

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4151
Title:
A view of Government House and Esplanade Row, Calcutta, from the Maidan. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
A view of Government House and Esplanade Row, Calcutta, from the Maidan. By Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1830. Inscribed in ink below, with numbers corresponding to those on the painting, from left to right: ‘Steam Engine for Water. Ships lying in the Hoogly R. 5 Supreme Court. 8 Advocat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

290. Add Or 4182

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4182
Title:
The Buland Darwaza to the mosque at Fathpur Sikri. From an album of 17 drawings of the Mughal monuments of Agra , Sikandra and Fathpur Sikri
Scope & Content:
The Buland Darwaza to the mosque at Fathpur Sikri. Inscribed: ‘Gateway of Futhypour Sicri’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1825-1830
Extent:
1 Item

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