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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 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

3. Add Or 5700

Reference (shelfmark):
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

4. 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

5. 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

6. P142

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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

7. P2716-2825

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P2716-2825
Title:
Illustrations from The Illustrated London News 1855-1873. Miscellaneous subjects including architecture, topographical views, portraits of Europeans and Indians, military and historical events, civil engineering, trades and transport.
Scope & Content:
Illustrations from ‘The Illustrated London News’, 1855-1873.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1873
Extent:
109 items

8. X108(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
X108(37)
Title:
'Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges'. Plate 37 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
'Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges'. Plate 37 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 Item

9. X108(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
X108(50)
Title:
'The Dewali, or feast of lamps'. Plate 50 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
'The Dewali, or feast of lamps'. Plate 50 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 Item

10. X471/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
X471/1(43)
Title:
'Dole-Jatrah. Celebration of the Orgies of Kistna.' A street crowd celebrating Holi. Section 8, pl.1, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
'Dole-Jatrah. Celebration of the Orgies of Kistna.' A street crowd celebrating Holi. Section 8, pl.1, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item