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1341. Add Or 5354

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5354
Title:
An unidentified mosque in the 15th century Bengal style standing above a river. It is composed of 5 by 3 bays with a corresponding number of domes. 1817-21.. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
An unidentified mosque in the 15th century Bengal style standing above a river. It is composed of 5 by 3 bays with a corresponding number of domes. 1817-21. Water-colour; 236 by 337 mm. Note: This has no surviving inscription. It looks like one of the mosques of Gaur or Pandua in which cas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1817-1821
Extent:
1 Item

1342. Add Or 5356

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5356
Title:
A View of Agra Fort, by a Calcutta artist after William Hodges.
Scope & Content:
View of the Fort at Agra from the river, after William Hodges. By a Calcutta artist, 1800-1810. Water-colour; 263 by 345 mm. Purchased 2000. Note: This view of Agra Fort is after the engraving by J. Walker ‘A View of Agra taken from the South West. … from a Picture painted by W. Hodges R.A. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1810
Extent:
1 Item

1343. Add Or 5357

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5357
Title:
Scene in a street outside a south Indian temple.
Scope & Content:
Street scene outside a south Indian temple. By a south Indian artist, 1800-1810 Water-colour; 270 by 433 mm. Purchased 2000. Note: A small temple with a large entrance ‘gopuram’ faces a village street within a sylvan setting. The style is almost entirely in the English manner.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1810
Extent:
1 Item

1344. Add Or 5575

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5575
Title:
Maharaja Sher Singh of the Punjab (reg. 1841-43) and his son Partap Singh (1831-43) riding on elephants with royal umbrellas, in a procession with his court and retainers. In the background is the Guru Granth Saheb is being carried on an elephant.
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Sher Singh of the Punjab (reg. 1841-43) and his son Partap Singh (1831-43) riding on elephants with royal umbrellas, in a procession with his court and retainers. In the background is the Guru Granth Saheb being carried on an elephant with an attendant waving a flywhisk, and the Mahara...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

1345. BLWA 5

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 5
Title:
Replica bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631). Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), after
Scope & Content:
Replica portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631) by Louis-François Roubiliac, slightly to left, wearing a doublet, cloak and large ruff, attached to a rectangular painted stone socle of waisted form. Replica given by the Trustees of the British Museum. Replica made by Leo Stevens...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1993
Extent:
1 Item

1346. BLWA 6

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 6
Title:
Replica bust of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Artist(s): Damer, Anne Seymour (1749-1828), after
Scope & Content:
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), Scientist, President of the Royal Society and Trustee of the British Museum, he bequeathed his library and natural history collections to the Museum. Joseph Banks was a prominent botanist, who served as President of the Royal Society, and advised on the development ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 Item

1347. BLWA 7

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 7
Title:
Replica bust of the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville (1755-1846). Artist(s): Comolli, G.B. (1775-1830), after
Scope & Content:
Thomas Grenville was a politician, diplomat and bibliophile from an elite landowning family. As a younger son, he did not succeed to the family estates and most of his income came from public service. Grenville was the First Lord of the Admiralty within the government led by his younger brothe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

1348. BLWA 8

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 8
Title:
Bust of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). Artist(s): Rysbrack, Michael (1693-1770), after
Scope & Content:
Hans Sloane was born in Ulster,Northern Ireland, and trained as a physician. An avid collector from an early age, he acquired over 200,000 plant and animal specimens, 71,000 objects, and over 50,000 books, manuscripts, prints and drawings. These later became the foundation collection of the Brit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 Item

1349. Foster 1055

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1055
Title:
Lacquered and gilt manuscript box from Myanmar
Scope & Content:
Wooden manuscript box for a Burmese palm leaf manuscript; decorated with lacquer, gilt and glass inlay, 19th century, Myanmar.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 Item

1350. Foster 1056

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1056
Title:
Lacquered and gilt manuscript box from Northern Thailand
Scope & Content:
Wooden manuscript box for a folding book (samut khoi); decorated with gilt, lacquer and glass inlay, 19th century, Northern Thailand (Lanna)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 Item

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