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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1805
Title:: Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra. Artist(s): Latif (fl..1820s)
Scope & Content:: Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra; a corner view. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Tomb of the Emperor Akbar at Secundra’; in Persian characters: ‘Sikandrah: raudah i Akbar badshah ‘amal i Latif’ (Sikandra: Mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar. The work of Latif).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1806
Title:: Jami Masjid, Delhi. Artist(s): Latif (fl..1820s)
Scope & Content:: Jami‘ Masjid, Delhi. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Jumna Musjid or Grand Mosque of Delhi’; in Persian characters:’ Jami‘ masjid dar Shahjahanabad ‘amal i Latif’ (Jama Masjid of Shahjahanabad. The work of Latif).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1807
Title:: Qutb Minar, Delhi. Artist(s): Latif (fl..1820s)
Scope & Content:: The Qutb Minar, Delhi. Inscribed on front in English ... ‘at Delhi’; in Persian characters: ‘Lath i Qutb Sahib dar shahr i Dihli ‘amal i Latif’ (Pillar of Qutb Sahib at the city of Delhi. The work of Latif).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1808
Title:: Tops of the cenotaphs of Shah Jahan and Arjumand Banu Begum, Taj Mahal, Agra
Scope & Content:: Tops of the cenotaphs of the Emperor Shah Jahan and the Empress Arjumand Banu Begum in the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1810
Title:: Mausoleum of Safdar Jang, Delhi
Scope & Content:: Mausoleum of Safdar Jang, Delhi. Full landscape with figures, including British soldiers in the foreground. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Tomb of Sufdurjung’; in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i maqbarah i Safdar Jang’ (Picture of the tomb of Safdar Jang).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1811
Title:: The marriage ceremony of Vasudeva and Devaki
Scope & Content:: The marriage ceremony of Vasudeva and Devaki. Basohli (Guler influence), c.1760. Purchased 1 February 1960. Inscribed on reverse with Sanskrit descriptions in nagari and ‘gurmukhi’ characters. Gouache with gold; red border. 227 by 334 mm; page 298 by 403 mm. Reproduced: Losty (1986), 64. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1760-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1815
Title:: Nawab, afterwards King, Ghazi al-Din Haidar of Oudh (1814-27) entertaining Lord and Lady Moira to a banquet
Scope & Content:: Ghazi al-Din Haidar (Nawab and, after 1819, King of Oudh, 1814-27) entertaining Lord and Lady Moira to a banquet in his palace. Paintings of horses, mirrors and girandoles decorate the walls and above the window is the coat of arms of the kings of Oudh. The river Gumti is seen through the door...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1816-1835
Title:: Add.Or.1816-1835 20 drawings depicting various processes in the manufacture of opium at the Gulzarbagh Factory, Patna. By Shiva Lal (c.1817-c.1887), P ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.1816-1835 20 drawings depicting various processes in the manufacture of opium at the Gulzarbagh Factory, Patna. By Shiva Lal (c.1817-c.1887), Patna, 1857. Inscribed on back by W.G. Archer: ‘Shiva Lal. Sketch for an opium set, c.1857.’ Unfinished; pencil, apart from the first in penci...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1856-1858
Extent:: 20 items

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