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431. Add Or 700

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Add Or 700
Title:
Weaver and wife; the man is combing the warp, the wife reeling cotton. thread.
Scope & Content:
Weaver and wife; the man is combing the warp, the wife reeling cotton thread. Inscribed: ‘A Weaver and his wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

432. Add Or 701

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 701
Title:
Oil-seller and wife; the man carries a basket of pots and a measure, his wife also holds a measure.
Scope & Content:
Oil-seller and wife; the man carries a basket of pots and a measure, his wife also holds a measure. Inscribed: ‘Vannier or Oilman & his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

433. Add Or 702

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 702
Title:
Merchant and wife; the man holds a pen-case and accounts.
Scope & Content:
Merchant and wife; the man holds a pen-case and accounts. Inscribed: ‘Laula cast.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

434. Add Or 703

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 703
Title:
Messenger and wife.
Scope & Content:
Messenger and wife; the man carries a letter. Inscribed: ‘A Hircarrah & his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

435. Add Or 704

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 704
Title:
Peon and wife.
Scope & Content:
Peon and wife; the man holds a sword and buckler. Inscribed: ‘Gooty Peon & his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

436. Add Or 705

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 705
Title:
Beggar, holding a snake-charmer's pipe, with his wife and child.
Scope & Content:
Beggar, holding a snake charmers pipe, with his wife and child; both carry gourds. Inscribed: ‘Opoo Corawar & His Wife of the Beggar Cast.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

437. Add Or 740

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 740
Title:
Palladian garden-house near Madras.
Scope & Content:
Palladian garden-house near Madras. By a Madras artist, c.1790. Inscribed on mount: ‘House built by Thomas Powney Esq., 2 miles from Fort St George on the Mount Road.’ Water-colour; 6.5 by 13.25 ins. Purchased 10 August 1957. Note: Thomas Powney (1721-82) was a free merchant living in Madra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

438. Add Or 746

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 746
Title:
Portrait of Hajji Khair Allah Khan.. Artist(s): Muhammad 'Azim (fl.1854)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Hajji Khair Allah Khan, ambassador of Saiyid Muhammad Khan, ruler of Herat, to Kabul, kneeling with clasped hands on a rug, dressed in a grey robe and pinkish turban. Inscribed in Pesian characters: ‘Taswir i ‘alijah hajji al-Haramain Hajji Khair Allah Khan ilchi i sarkar i sardar S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 Item

439. Add Or 747

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 747
Title:
Portrait of Saiyid Mir Hafiz-ji Sahib.. Artist(s): Muhammad 'Azim (fl.1854)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Saiyid Mir Hafiz-ji Sahib, Councillor of the Amir of Afghanistan. Full-length, dressed in green robe and turban and holding a long staff in his left hand. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Taswir i sulalah al-sadat al-‘uzzam Mir Hafiz-ji Sahib ‘amal i Muhammad ‘Azim asamm abkam’ (P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 Item

440. Add Or 755

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 755
Title:
A pile-carpet loom being worked at Hunsur (Mysore)
Scope & Content:
A pile-carpet loom at Hunsur (Mysore). By a South Indian artist, 1850. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 17.5 by 24.5 ins. Inscribed in Persian: ‘ghalichah buni (bunni) ka pathra’ (Rug weaving loom): in English: ‘Plan and Elevation of a Carpet loom with five men at work. Grazing Farm. Hoonsoor....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850
Extent:
1 Item

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