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1. Add Or 29

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Add Or 29
Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 745

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Add Or 745
Title:
Procession scene to the Chauk Masjid in Murshidabad, headed by a figure on horseback, perhaps Nawab Babur 'Ali
Scope & Content:
Procession scene headed by a figure on horseback, perhaps Nawab Babar ‘Ali (1793-1810) of Murshidabad, proceeding to prayers at the Chauk Masjid. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1800. Water-colour; 15.25 by 27.5 ins. Purchased 14 November 1954. Note: In style this painting closely resembles a set...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4471

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Add Or 4471
Title:
The Ramlila spectacle at Benares
Scope & Content:
The Ramlila spectacle, with Laksmana attacking a gigantic Ravana, monkeys and bears fighting the demons, and Rama and the monkey and bear chiefs directing operations, before a large audience including Bengal Army sepoys. By a Patna/Benares artist, c.1830-40. Body-colour on mica; 210 by 255 mm....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835-1840
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 5700

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Add Or 5700
Title:
A young nobleman enjoying holi with his consort. Artist(s): Nidhamal (fl.mid 18th century)
Scope & Content:
A young nobleman enjoying holi with his consort Attributed to Nidhamal, Lucknow, 1760-65 206 x 315 mm Published: Losty and Roy 2012, pp.186-187.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1765
Extent:
1 Item

5. Foster 978

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 978
Title:
The mosque on the corner of Chowringhee Road and the Dhurrumtollah in Calcutta, completed by Prince Ghulam Muhammad in 1842, with the Dhurrumtollah Bazaar in front. A Kali-puja procession is in the foreground, as are various forms of conveyances.. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874), attributed to
Scope & Content:
PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874), attributed to For Prinsep’s water-colours, see PRINSEP, WILLIAM (1794-1874). His few known oil paintings seem to be the product of his years of retirement after 1842. This is probably an early example, earlier than such works as his view of Prinsep’s Ghat (‘The R...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1845
Extent:
1 Item

6. Foster 1066

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1066
Title:
The Durga Puja being celebrated on the River Hugli, Calcutta, 1875. Artist(s): Palmer, George Gidley (1830-1905)
Scope & Content:
Painting of a night scene, showing Durga Puja festivities on the River Hughli, Calcutta. Painted in 1882, based on a drawing taken in 1875. Signed and dated on lower right corner: 'G.G. Palmer, 1882' Handwritten on verso in pencil: 'Scene on the Hooghly during the Durgha Poojah from a sketch ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
1 Item

7. P142

Reference (shelfmark):
P142
Title:
'Ram Leela Festival as performed at Ram Nugur before the Raja of Benares. From James Prinsep, Benares Illustrated, Calcutta, 1831-33; London, 1832-34. Series III, Pl. 4. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895) after Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
'Ram Leela Festival as performed at Ram Nugur before the Raja of Benares. From James Prinsep, Benares Illustrated, Calcutta, 1831-33; London, 1832-34. Series III, Pl. 4.. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895) after Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1834
Extent:
1 Item

8. P440

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P440
Title:
'Prince Waldemar's fete in Annadale', Simla. Lithograph by A.E. Scott, plate 1of 'Simla scenes drawn from nature', printed and published by Dickinson & Co., 114 New Bond Street, London 1846. Artist(s): Scott, Lady Alicia Eliza (c.1829-1874), after
Scope & Content:
'Prince Waldemar's fete in Annadale', Simla. Lithograph by A.E. Scott, plate 1of 'Simla scenes drawn from nature', printed and published by Dickinson & Co., 114 New Bond Street, London 1846.. Artist(s): Scott, Lady Alicia Eliza (c.1829-1874), after
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

9. P751

Reference (shelfmark):
P751
Title:
'A festival. No 18'. One of fifteen chromo-lithographs depicting topographical views of Java, from a set of twenty-four by A. Salm, Java Naar Schilderijen en en Teekeningen op Steen Gebract Door J. C. Greive Jr., Amsterdam, 1872. Artist(s): Greive, Johan Conrad Jun. (1837-91), after Salm, Abraham (1801-1876)
Scope & Content:
'A festival. No 18'. One of fifteen chromo-lithographs depicting topographical views of Java, from a set of twenty-four by A. Salm, Java Naar Schilderijen en en Teekeningen op Steen Gebract Door J. C. Greive Jr., Amsterdam, 1872.. Artist(s): Greive, Johan Conrad Jun. (1837-91), after Salm, Ab...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1872
Extent:
1 Item

10. P808

Reference (shelfmark):
P808
Title:
Engraving of an Indian festival. No details.
Scope & Content:
Engraving of an Indian festival. No details.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1900
Extent:
1 Item