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1. Add Or 5338

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Add Or 5338
Title:
Add.Or.5338 41 drawings of mostly Buddhist interest from Nepal, from the collections of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94). Hodgson served with the Eas ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.5338 41 drawings of mostly Buddhist interest from Nepal, from the collections of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94). Hodgson served with the East India Company in Bengal 1818-44, spending almost the whole of his service in Nepal. He went back to India in a private capacity to continue hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
4 items

2. Add Or 5338(18-28)

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Add Or 5338(18-28)
Title:
Representations of Nepalese sculpture and iconography.
Scope & Content:
Representations of Nepalese sculpture and iconography. 11 sheets of various sizes, some connected with the purely iconographic representations in (1), with numerous inscriptions in Nepali. Pen-and-ink, and pen-and-ink and wash; various sizes, mostly 25 by 40 cm. 18 includes a large sculptur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 5338(35-41)

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Add Or 5338(35-41)
Title:
Figure and animal studies.
Scope & Content:
Figure and animal studies. 35 Studies of three standing Nepali men in profile. Pencil; 190 by 280 mm. 36 Studies of Newars, a standing man with three women.. Pencil; 215 by 270 mm and 190 by 280 mm. Note: The male figure reappears in the Lawrence collection study o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 5338(29-34)

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Add Or 5338(29-34)
Title:
Six studies of Nepalese architecture and Buddhist shrines.
Scope & Content:
Six studies of architecture and Buddhist shrines. 29 The five-storeyed Nyatapola temple standing in its square in Bhatgaon, with figures leaving the temple. Pen-and-ink and pencil; 285 by 310 mm. Inscribed in pencil in Nagari: ‘Bhadgaon Nyatapol.’ Note: This and the ne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 5338(1-17)

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Add Or 5338(1-17)
Title:
Buddhist iconography. 17 sheets of various sizes, some from a folded exercise book. mostly consisting of the representation of numerous deities per sheet with inscriptions in Nepali.
Scope & Content:
Buddhist iconography. 17 sheets of various sizes, some from a folded exercise book. mostly consisting of the representation of numerous deities per sheet with inscriptions in Nepali. Pen-and-ink except for 1 (gouache), on Nepalese and European paper; various sizes, mostly 25 by 40 cm.. Highlig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item