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561. Add Or 5475, f.84

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.84
Title:
Plan of Metcalfe House. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘Plan of the House’ [i.e. Metcalfe House]’ at Dehlee.’ Note: this and the preceding refer to Metcalfe House itself, on the river north of the palace.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

562. Add Or 5475, f.84v(a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.84v(a)
Title:
Front view of Metcalfe House. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘Front View West’ [of Metcalfe House]. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i kothi-i Mu‘azzam al-Daula Amin al-Mulk Ikhtisas Yar Khan Farzand-i Arjmand-i Sultani Tamas Siyafilus Mitfaq Sahib Bahadur Firuzjang.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

563. Add Or 5475, f.84v(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.84v(b)
Title:
Rear view of Metcalfe House. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘Back View East’ [of Metcalfe House]. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i kothi-i Mu‘azzam al-Daula Amin al-Mulk’ ‘Ikhtisas Yar Khan Farzand-i Arjmand-i Sultani Tamas Siyafilus Mitaqkaf Sahib Bahadur Firuzjang.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

564. Add Or 5475, f.85(a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.85(a)
Title:
The principal taikhana of Metcalfe House. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘Principal Teh-Khanah or under Ground Apartment occupied during the Hottest Months of the Year.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

565. Add Or 5475, f.85(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.85(b)
Title:
The second taikhana of Metcalfe House. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘Second Teh-Khanah used as a Billiard Room.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

566. Add Or 5518

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5518
Title:
Temple servant carrying garlands on his head and a fan.
Scope & Content:
Temple servant carrying garlands on his head and a fan. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Domestique du pagoda môre.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

567. Add Or 5580

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5580
Title:
The Rup Sagar and the Keshav Bhavan in the garden palace at Dig.
Scope & Content:
The palace pavilion called the Keshav Bhavan at Dig, viewed from the east across the water of the Rup Sagar,1830-35. By an Agra artist. Pencil and watercolour; 459 by 643 mm. On wove paper with watermark ‘J. Whatman 1829.’ Inscribed: ‘Deig’ in margin lower left and numbered ‘No. 5’ in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1835
Extent:
1 Item

568. Add Or 5582

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5582
Title:
19th Century painting on cloth from Thailand illustrating part of the Vessantara Jataka.
Scope & Content:
Watercolour on cloth from Central Thailand, 2nd half of the 19th Century. Along with Add.Or.5581, this painting illustrates scenes from the Vessantara Jakata, set in a typical Thai environment, with palaces, Buddhist temples, forest and a village scene beyond the palace walls. In this painti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1900
Extent:
1 Item

569. Add Or 5610

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5610
Title:
Front view of the entrance to the Kalyana Mandapam of the Jalakantesvara Temple, Vellore.
Scope & Content:
Another front view of the same structure is held in the British Library' Department of Maps. It is a drawing by an Indian artist commissioned by John Call in 1762, and it includes a floor plan. (Maps K.Top.115.80.2)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 Item

570. Add Or 5611

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5611
Title:
A column in the Kalyana Mandapam of the Jalakantesvara Temple, Vellore.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed, 'Plate I'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

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