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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 951
Title:: Coir yarn-makers.
Scope & Content:: Coir yarn-makers; the man making coconut-fibre string; the woman beating coconut fibre. Inscribed: ‘Nolayen.’ Note: A later version of Add.Or.1339.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 952
Title:: Krishna celebrating the Holi Festival with a crowd of milk-maids in a courtyard under red canopy. Artist(s): Hulas Lal (c.1785-c.1875)
Scope & Content:: Krishna celebrating the Holi festival with a crowd of milk-maids in a courtyard under a red canopy. By Hulas Lal (c.1785-1875), a Patna artist, c.1830. Water-colour; squared for enlargement; 9 by 12 ins. Presented by Michael Archer, 10 May 1968. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer in Bihar from Sh...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 954
Title:: Screen around the cenotaphs in the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Scope & Content:: The screen round the cenotaphs of the Emperor Shah Jahan and the Empress Arjumand Banu Begam in the Taj Mahal. Inscribed on front: ‘The Door and Screens round the Tombs of Shah Jehan and Moomtaz Mahel.’ Water-colour; 18.75 by 23 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1820
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 955
Title:: Women carrying a water-pot. Artist(s): Jairam Das (fl.1830s)
Scope & Content:: Woman carrying a water-pot. By Jairam Das(fl.1810-40), a Patna artist, c.1830. Pencil; 8.25 by 6.5 ins Presented by Michael Archer, 10 May 1968 Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Patna in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad who attributed it to Jairam Das.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 956
Title:: Two women carrying water in pots, the Ganges beyond. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:: Two women carrying water in pots; the river Ganges and a bungalow in the background. Water-colour; 9.5 by 8 ins. Note: This drawing is clearly based on an earlier model. See Add.Or.955.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 956-958
Title:: Add.Or.956-958 Three drawings depicting costume and customs in Bihar. By Bani Lal (c.1850-1901), a Patna artist, c.1880. Presented by Michael Archer, ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.956-958 Three drawings depicting costume and customs in Bihar. By Bani Lal (c.1850-1901), a Patna artist, c.1880. Presented by Michael Archer, 10 May 1968. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Patna in 1942 from Ishwari Prasad, who attributed them to Bani Lal.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1879-1881
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 957
Title:: Two women grinding. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:: Two women grinding. Water-colour; 9.25 by 7 ins. Note: Reproduced Archer (1947), pl.31.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 958
Title:: Cook returning from the bazaar followed by a coolie carrying vegetables.. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:: Cook returning from the bazaar followed by a coolie carrying vegetables and poultry. Water-colour; 9 by 7.5 ins. Note: Reproduced Archer (1947), pl.26.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 959
Title:: Indra seated with his son Bali, the monkey King, flying through the air.
Scope & Content:: Indra seated, with his son Bali, the monkey king, flying through the air. Inscribed in English: ‘Indra Sittu’; in Tamil: ‘intiracittu.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1890
Extent:: 1 Item

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