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1021. Add Or 3220

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Title:
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still
Scope & Content:
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Distillery of spirituous liquors. Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Bengal.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

1022. Add Or 3230

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Add Or 3230
Title:
The Muharram Festival. Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, listening at night to the maulvi reading from the scriptures
Scope & Content:
The Muharram Festival. Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, listening at night to the ‘maulvi’ reading from the scriptures. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘The Nubob of Moorshedd.- at Prayers’; in ink: ‘The Nawaub of Morshedabad at Prayers, a Night Scene.’. 425 by 552 mm; 392 by 519 mm within border. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1023. Add Or 3231

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Add Or 3231
Title:
Scene in the Imambara at the height of the Muharram Festival
Scope & Content:
Scene in the Imambara at the height of the Muharram Festival. The ‘ta‘ziya’ and standards in the central domed pavilion are illuminated by lamps and a fire. In the courtyard around the pavilion many figures dressed in the green of mourning weep and beat their breasts. Inscribed on back in i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1024. Add Or 3232

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Add Or 3232
Title:
The veneration of the standards during the Muharram Festival
Scope & Content:
The veneration of the standards during the Muharram Festival.. Garlands and flowers are being offered to the furled standards, which have been placed by a tomb under a canopy beside a banyan tree. Tents in the background. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Mussulman ceremony during the Mohurram.’ ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1025. Add Or 3233

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Add Or 3233
Title:
The ta'ziyahs being taken to the river for immersion on the last day of the Muhurram Festival, escorted by sepoys
Scope & Content:
The ‘ta‘ziyahs’ being taken to the river for immersion on the last day of the Muharram Festival, escorted by sepoys. One is being carried on an elephant; others on poles on mens’ shoulders. A frenzied crowd dances around. The river and woods and hills beyond. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1026. Add Or 3234

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Add Or 3234
Title:
Firework display on a bright moonlit night outside the Agna Mahal, part of the Nawab's palace beside the river at Murshidabad
Scope & Content:
Firework display on a bright moonlit night outside the Agna Mahal, part of the Nawab’s palace beside the river at Murshidabad, with the riverside mosque on the right. In the background are the gateway leading to the Chandni Chowk and Munny Begum’s mosque. Men are letting off fireworks in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1027. Add Or 3244

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Add Or 3244
Title:
The Red Fort, Delhi, seen from the opposite bank of the Jumna
Scope & Content:
The Red Fort, Delhi, seen from the opposite bank of the Jumna. A tent in the foreground. ‘Inscribed on front in pencil: Gen. View from opposite Bank of River Jumna of the Emperor’s Palace at Delhi. Selimghur.’ Watermark: ‘Edmeads & Pine 1809.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

1028. Add Or 3245

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Add Or 3245
Title:
The Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of Private Audience, Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of Private Audience, Delhi. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Royal Marble Hall of Audience Delhi.’ Watermark: ‘Edmeads & Pine 1809.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

1029. Add Or 3246

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Title:
The Shalimar Garden, near Delhi, with the garden-house used by Sir Charles Metcalfe
Scope & Content:
The Shalimar Garden, near Delhi, with the garden-house used by Sir Charles Metcalfe. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Garden of Shalimar now residence of’ ‘C. Metcalfe Esqre. near Delhi.’ Watermark: ‘J Whatman 1810.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

1030. Add Or 3247

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Add Or 3247
Title:
The Lahore Gate Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Lahore Gate (to the Fort or city?) Delhi. Tombs, villagers and animals in the foreground. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: in nagari characters: ; in English in pencil: ‘Lahore Gateway of Delhi’: on back in ink: ‘Lahore Gateway at Delhi’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1826
Extent:
1 Item

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