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1. Add MS 15504

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Add MS 15504
Title:
Copies of paintings inside a temple at Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript, collected in the 1780s, contains copies of paintings inside a south Indian temple at Madurai named the 'Choukie Lingum'. It was commissioned by a British surgeon named David Simpson and the paintings were made by a local artist. Part A of Add.15504 contains 30 painted panels (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780s
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4301

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Add Or 4301
Title:
Two tumblers and a woman contortionist, with a troupe-leader and a drummer
Scope & Content:
Two tumblers and a woman contortionist, with a troupe-leader and a drummer. The tumblers are linked and turning over and over, the woman is extracting a hook from a pool of water using only her nose. By a Trichinopoly (Tanjore?) artist, 1780-86. Inscribed on an accompanying cover sheet: ‘26. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1786
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4319-4356

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Add Or 4319-4356
Title:
Add.Or.4319-4356 Album of 38 paintings of the ceremonies undertaken during the life of a brahmin. By a Tanjore artist at Trichinopoly, 1780-86. Water- ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.4319-4356 Album of 38 paintings of the ceremonies undertaken during the life of a brahmin. By a Tanjore artist at Trichinopoly, 1780-86. Water-colours, within black ruled frames: 245 by 427.5 mm; size of page: 29 by 46 cm. In a contemporary red morocco binding with a gold-tooled borde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1786
Extent:
38 items

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