The Mughal emperor Babur (reg.1526-30), standing facing right and holding a hawk. Inscription (transposed with next): ‘Humayun Padshah.’. 170 by 85 mm.
The Ramlila spectacle, with Laksmana attacking a gigantic Ravana, monkeys and bears fighting the demons, and Rama and the monkey and bear chiefs directing operations, before a large audience including Bengal Army sepoys. By a Patna/Benares artist, c.1830-40. Body-colour on mica; 210 by 255 mm....
The shrine of Shah Sharaf Bu 'Ali Qalandari at Panipat. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), attributed to
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The shrine of Shah Sharaf Bu ‘Ali Qalandari at Panipat, showing the domed tomb (14th century) with its late Mughal portico and entrance screen; and the adjacent tomb of Navab Muqarrab Khan (d.1646). Groups of people are standing or talking in the courtyard. Inscribed beneath in Persian’: naqsh...
Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. Artist(s): Jairam Das (fl.1830s)
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Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. By the Patna artist, Jairam Das, 1836. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Gyah 1836. Jairam fecit.’. Water-colour heightened with white: 150 by 205 mm. Purchased 1994. Note: Jairam Das was an artist much used by Sir Charles D’Oyl...
A substantial house with balcony and portico set in a garden, with Indian attendants and a syce and horse waiting.
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A substantial house with balcony and portico set in a garden, with Indian attendants and a syce and horse waiting. Inscribed in pencil on the mount: ‘Our house in Trichinopoly Janry 1870’. 204 by 340 mm. Purchased February 1995.
A bungalow with separate offices by the river Cauvery with the Upper Anicut.
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A bungalow with separate offices by the river Cauvery with the Upper Anicut. Identified in pencil on reverse of mount: ‘Collector’s bungalow at upper Anicut.’. 172 by 293 mm. Note: The Upper Anicut constructed 1836-8 regulates the flow of water between the rivers Cauvery and Coleroon round th...