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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 3188-3274

81. Add Or 3267

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3267
Title:
Fanciful scene with a banyan tree covered in monkeys on the banks of a river and outside the walls of a city
Scope & Content:
Fanciful scene with a banyan tree covered in monkeys on the banks of a river and outside the walls of a city. The landscape abounds with animals and birds as well as men and women, while a male figure drives in a pony carriage formed from a lion and a peacock. By a Lucknow artist, c.1820. Ins...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

82. Add Or 3268

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3268
Title:
Temple of Ram Chaura
Scope & Content:
Temple of Ram Chaura. View inside the courtyard with men and women making offerings at the shrine. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Inside View of the Temple of Ram-Choura;’ on back in ink: ‘Inside View of the Temple of Ram Choura with Females Offerings of Flowers previous to their Devotions at the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

83. Add Or 3269

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3269
Title:
A small Hindu temple beneath a banyan tree, Bodhgaya
Scope & Content:
A small Hindu temple beneath a banyan tree, Bodhgaya. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘A Hindu Temple and famous Banyan Tree at Bhood Gyah;’ on back in ink: ‘paid 12 rs the 15th April 1812.’ Gouache; 385 by 504 mm.Yellow border and black rules.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

84. Add Or 3270

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3270
Title:
The Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya
Scope & Content:
The Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya. By an Indian artist at Gaya, c.1810. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Paid 14 Ans the 15th April 1812.’ Pencil; 480 by 345 mm. From the collection of James Chicheley Hyde (Add.Or.3188-3274). Presented by the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, London, 1973. Note...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

85. Add Or 3271

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3271
Title:
The temple of Vishveshvar, Benares
Scope & Content:
A conjectural drawing of the temple of Vishveshvar, Benares By a Calcutta artist, c.1810. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘North View of the Temple of Bisheeshwur in the Ancient City of Benares. Height of Centre Chamber about 22 feet and 8 inches’; on back: ‘North View of the Temple Bisheshwar in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

86. Add Or 3272

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3272
Title:
Portrait of a dwarf, Shaikh Hussain, standing in front of another man of normal size
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a dwarf, Shaikh Hussain, standing in front of another man of normal size. By a Calcutta artist, c.1800. Inscribed on back in pencil and ink: ‘A Prodigy. Shaike Hussain, the Dwarf born at Vizagapatam measures exactly thirty five inches and perfectly proportioned in every respect. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

87. Add Or 3273

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3273
Title:
Waterfall on the Tons River, near Rewah, Bundelkhand
Scope & Content:
Waterfall on the Tons River, near Rewah, Bundelkhand. Two men with pike and matchlock are contemplating the view. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘The Waterfall in the River Thonse near Rewah in Bundlecund above the Ghauts;’ in pencil: ‘Thonse Fall, Rewah, Bundelcund.’ Water-colour and body-colour;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

88. Add Or 3274

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3274
Title:
View of the Cascade, Prince of Wales' Island (Penang).. Artist(s): Smith, Robert (1787-1873), after
Scope & Content:
View of the Cascade, Prince of Wales’ Island (Penang). Inscribed below in capitals in ink: ‘View of the Cascade, Prince of Wales’ Island.’ Water-colour and body-colour; 451 by 358 mm. within rules. Note: This drawing is a copy of Plate 9 from Captain Robert Smith, ‘Views in Prince of Wales’ I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

89. Add Or 3275

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3275
Title:
Royal attendant at the Ottoman court
Scope & Content:
An attendant in a flowered yellow jama holding a long staff in his right hand; his left hand on his dagger. Inscribed on back in Persian characters: ‘cha‘ush bashi’ (messenger of state). 430 by 276 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

90. Add Or 3276

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3276
Title:
Royal attendant at the Ottoman court
Scope & Content:
An attendant in crimson jama and orange and turquoise hat holding a small hatchet in his right hand, his left hand on his sword hilt. Inscribed on back in Persian characters: ‘bashqul’ (chief janissary). 438 by 292 mm..
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item