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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Musical Instruments

31. Add Or 4169

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4169
Title:
Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (Mridangam). One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (‘Mridangam’). Inscribed: ‘Kurma avataran (Vishnu)’. Note: This seems more Saiva than Vishnu. ‘Kurma’ avatar is the tortoise.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add Or 4173

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4173
Title:
Kalki, the tenth avatara, horse-headed and playing the tanbura. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Kalki, the tenth avatara, horse-headed and playing the ‘tanbura’. Inscribed: ‘Kalki’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

33. Add Or 4207

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4207
Title:
Two standing Saiva ascetics, dressed in saffron robes, one a Kanphat yogi playing a sarangi, the other a Jangama (Lingayat) priest wearing a feathered turban and long braids of hair, and carrying a bell.
Scope & Content:
Two standing Saiva ascetics, dressed in saffron robes, one a Kanphat yogi playing a ‘sarangi’, the other a Jangama (Lingayat) priest wearing a feathered turban and long braids of hair, and carrying a bell.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807-1810
Extent:
1 Item

34. Add Or 4257

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4257
Title:
Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag.
Scope & Content:
Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag. ‘Nagara’ is a kettledrum. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘The Royal Nagger’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

35. Add Or 5080

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5080
Title:
People playing on the musical instruments of the country
Scope & Content:
People playing on the musical instruments of the country Inscribed: ‘People playing on the musical Instruments of the Country.’ The image is framed by a black border. 24.2 by 19.7cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

36. Add Or 5450

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5450
Title:
Sarasvati with her vina.
Scope & Content:
Sarasvati with her vina. Inscribed below: ‘Sauroo thumbah the Goddess of Fiddle. 87.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

37. Add Or 5475, f.20v(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.20v(b)
Title:
'A Shooter Sowar or Camel Rider with the Nukara or Kettle Drum …' From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘A Shooter Sowar or Camel Rider with the Nukara or Kettle Drum …’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

38. Godwin Photo 1(137)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 1(137)
Title:
Wendy Cope, UK poet, 1986. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Wendy Cope sits in a wicker chair that is turned to the right, her hands are interlocked and she looks at the camera. Behind her are bookshelves with a guitar and recorders attached to the wall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1986
Extent:
1 item

39. Godwin Photo 1(138)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 1(138)
Title:
Wendy Cope, UK poet 1986. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Wendy Cope sits in a wicker chair, which is slightly to the right of centre and faces the camera. Behind her is a bookshelf with a guitar and recorders fixed to the wall and a poster advertising a Japanese fan exhibition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1986
Extent:
1 item

40. Godwin Photo 2(150)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 2(150)
Title:
John Fuller, 1974. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Handwritten in pencil on verso: 3/2012.6.9/ RRN/ 9s/ John Fuller/ © Fay Godwin [signature] Genre: Portrait Photography Half length portrait of John Fuller looking out of a window, which is to the right; in front of him is a table with a guitar, violin case and music scores. (One o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1974
Extent:
1 item

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