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1. Add Or 5475, f.38

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Add Or 5475, f.38
Title:
The panel of Florentine pietra dura work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The panel of Florentine ‘pietra dura’ work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of throne in the ‘jharoka.’ 23.5 by 15.5 cm. Note: See Ebba Koch, ‘Shah Jahan and Orpheus’, Graz, 1988.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5475, f.39

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.39
Title:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., from the same place. Each 7 by 5.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 5475, f.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.40
Title:
Four smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work, as well as Mughal pietra dura work, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Four similar panels, together with three others representing the Mughal inlay work on the same site.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 5475, f.41

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.41
Title:
Three smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work, as well as a large panel of Mughal work, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Three similar panels, and one larger Mughal panel.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 5475, f.42(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.42(b)
Title:
The marble and agate basin within the Shah Burj decorated with inlaid semi-precious stones. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The marble and agate basin within the Shah Burj decorated with inlaid semi-precious stones.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

6. Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51

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Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51
Title:
4 drawings depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery from an album of 46 drawings, the remainder illustrating the costumes of Bihar.
Scope & Content:
See Kaye no.170. 46 drawings (57 folios); 42 illustrating costumes worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women in Bihar, and 4 depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery. Costume drawings c.1814; ethnographical drawings c.1808 to 1809. Inscribed with titles in ink. ff.1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1808
Extent:
1 Item

7. P1195-1198

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P1195-1198
Title:
Presentation pieces. Four illustrations from The Illustrated London News, 19th century: A plate, crystal fountain, dessert service and testimonials
Scope & Content:
Illustrations from periodicals showing Plates and Table Centres. P1195 'Plate presented by the inhabitants of Calcutta to Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson, Managing Director of the East Indian Railway'. P1196 'Colossal crystal fountain made for the Maharajah of Puttiala'. P1197 'Dessert se...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1900
Extent:
1 Item

8. X43(14)

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X43(14)
Title:
Horses and jewels of Runjeet Singh. Plate 14 from the Honble. Miss Eden's 'Portraits of the Princes and People of India,' C. Hullmandel's lithography, published by J. Dickinson & Son, London, 1844. Artist(s): Dickinson, Lowes Cato (1819-1908), after Eden, Emily (1797-1869)
Scope & Content:
Horses and jewels of Runjeet Singh. Plate 14 from the Honble. Miss Eden's 'Portraits of the Princes and People of India,' C. Hullmandel's lithography, published by J. Dickinson & Son, London, 1844.. Artist(s): Dickinson, Lowes Cato (1819-1908), after Eden, Emily (1797-1869)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 Item

9. X803/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
X803/1(21)
Title:
'A Sunkaury' [maker of shell ornaments]. Section 1st No.21 from 'A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos by Balt. Solvyns'. Calcutta, 1799. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
'A Sunkaury' [maker of shell ornaments]. Section 1st No.21 from 'A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos by Balt. Solvyns'. Calcutta, 1799.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 Item