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1. 1261.e.31/14

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1261.e.31/14
Title:
14. Easy Times or the "Kafir in the palace of the Mogul" [the Divan-i Khas converted into an officers' mess for General Wilson's Headquarters]. From J.R. Turnbull's 'Sketches taken at Delhi', 1858. Artist(s): Turnbull, John Robertson (fl. 1858)
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14. Easy Times or the "Kafir in the palace of the Mogul" [the Divan-i Khas converted into an officers' mess for General Wilson's Headquarters]. From J.R. Turnbull's 'Sketches taken at Delhi', 1858.. Artist(s): Turnbull, John Robertson (fl. 1858)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add MS 15959a

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Add MS 15959a
Title:
Sketch-book containing 24 drawings made during Ozias Humphrey’s visit to Lucknow, Ramnagar, Mirzapur, Benares, and Allahabad in 1786.. Artist(s): Humphry, Ozias (1742-1810)
Scope & Content:
24 drawings (in a sketch book with several blank folios) made during his visit to Lucknow in 1786. Inscribed with titles and dates. Pen-and-ink, grey wash, pencil and water-colour; size of volume 211 x 158mm. 1. ‘From Mr. Gregory’ House at Lucknow looking across the Goomty. May 2nd 1786. From ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 948

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Add Or 948
Title:
The Red Fort, Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Red Fort, Delhi. Lucknow, c.1780-90. Purchased June 1959. Numbered 529 in Persian numerals on reverse. Gouache with gold; black border. 292 by 415 mm; page 325 by 445 mm. A bird’s-eye view of the Red Fort at Delhi from the east, showing an emperor, probably Shah ‘Alam (1759-1806) enter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 949

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Add Or 949
Title:
Central pillar, Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Central pillar, Diwan-i Khas, Fatehpur Sikri. Probably by the Calcutta artist Sita Ram, c.1816. Inscribed: ‘View of a building in the palace of the Emperor Akber at Futtihpore Sicri called the Ek Khumba or Hall of the Pillar. 1816.’ Water-colour; 16 by 16 ins. Purchased 23 September 1952, a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1816
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 1911

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Add Or 1911
Title:
Diagram of the Golden City and the Royal Palace, Mandalay (or Amarapura?)
Scope & Content:
Diagram of the Golden City and the Royal Palace, Mandalay, Burma. By a Burmese artists, c.1855-60. Inscribed on the outside in Burmese characters. The plan is inscribed with notes and measurements. Opaque water-colour. Acquired 1 August 1934. Note: The Royal palace was built just before 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1860
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3187

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Add Or 3187
Title:
Interior of the Throne Roon in the Palace of Tirumala Nayyak
Scope & Content:
Interior of the Throne Roon (the ‘Swarga Vilasa’ or Celestial Pavilion) in the Palace of Tirumala Nayyak (1627-59) at Madurai. A British officer can be seen seated on the dais under a canopy and a punkah with clerks sitting at a table in front of him and a group of plaintiffs waiting at the sid...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4126

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Add Or 4126
Title:
A panorama of Delhi taken through almost 360° from the top of the Lahore Gate of the Red Fort, Delhi. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
A panorama of Delhi taken through almost 360° from the top of the Lahore Gate of the Red Fort, Delhi. By the Delhi artist Mazhar ‘Ali Khan, dated 25th November 1846. Inscribed in Persian, English and Urdu. Water-colour and body-colour with gold; 665 by 4908 mm (530 by 4828 mm within frame) on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4299

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Add Or 4299
Title:
The Svarga Vilasa (Celestial Pavilion) or Throne-room of the palace of Tirumala Nayak (1623-59) at Madurai
Scope & Content:
The Svarga Vilasa (Celestial Pavilion) or Throne-room of the palace of Tirumala Nayak (1623-59) at Madurai, the domed octagonal space surrounded by arcades being used as a court room, the judge on a dais under a punkah and canopy on the right, with clerks and plaintiffs ranged before him. By a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 5228

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Add Or 5228
Title:
The east elevation of the Mughal fort and palace at Agra
Scope & Content:
The east elevation of the Mughal fort and palace at Agra. By an Agra draftsman, c.1812-14. Inscribed in ink on the reverse: ‘Agra’. Ink and water-colour on white linen, with a blue stitched and looped border; 48.5 by 283 cm. Presented by Sir Wollaston Franks, K.C.B., in 1901 to the British M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1814
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5475, f.16v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.16v
Title:
View of the Delhi palace from Metcalfe House. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
View of the Delhi palace and Salimgarh with the connecting bridge, from the north. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i tripoliya va salimgarh va qil‘a-i shahjahanabad. Mazhar ‘Ali Khan.’ Note: The word ‘tripoliya’ seems to refer to the bridge connecting the two forts, although it has more than three openi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item