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541. Add Or 358

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Add Or 358
Title:
The poet Shaikh Sa'di sleeping
Scope & Content:
Shaikh Sa‘di sleeping. Mughal, c.1710. Purchased 1 November 1931. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated borders, the outer border with a bold foliate diaper in gold. 170 by 126 mm; page 475 by 316 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Muhammad Ikram; 17th centu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1710
Extent:
1 Item

542. Add Or 359-393

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Add Or 359-393
Title:
Add.Or.359-393 35 mica paintings and three cards in a blue box with a painting of a hookah-burdar on the lid. The mica paintings consist of 3 sets, e ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.359-393 35 mica paintings and three cards in a blue box with a painting of a hookah-burdar on the lid. The mica paintings consist of 3 sets, each of twelve (one item missing), depicting dancing-girls and their musicians, occupations and servants. The three cards are each painted with a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
35 items

543. Add Or 394-399

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Add Or 394-399
Title:
Add.Or.394-399 6 drawings depicting occupations. By a Patna artist, c.1820. 1815 watermark on Add.Or.399. Water-colour; various sizes. Presented 19 Oc ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.394-399 6 drawings depicting occupations. By a Patna artist, c.1820. 1815 watermark on Add.Or.399. Water-colour; various sizes. Presented 19 October 1914. Note: These drawings are similar in style to the work of Sevak Ram but somewhat cruder.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1821
Extent:
6 items

544. Add Or 400-475, Add Or 582-583

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Add Or 400-475, Add Or 582-583
Title:
Add.Or.400-475; Add.Or.582-583 78 mica paintings consisting of 6 sets depicting festivals, Muharram festival figures, dancing-girls and musicians, met ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.400-475; Add.Or.582-583 78 mica paintings consisting of 6 sets depicting festivals, Muharram festival figures, dancing-girls and musicians, methods of transport, occupations and servants. By a Benares or Patna artist, c.1850-60 [perhaps 1830-40]. Inscribed in some cases with titles. G...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
78 items

545. Add Or 476

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 476
Title:
Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (1775-97), Nawab of Oudh
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Asaf al-Daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97) holding a sword seated on a green velvet chair in an archway, a red-patterned carpet on the floor. By a Lucknow artist, c.1780. Gouache; 8.25 by 5.25 ins. Purchased 10 January 1957. Note: This portrait appears to be based on a painting by the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

546. Add Or 477

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 477
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1690. Purchased from Maggs Brothers, January 1957. Drawing with gold; plain border. 164 by 122 mm; page 250 by 190 mm. A Mughal nobleman with prominent nose and black beard, is shown head and shoulders in profile.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

547. Add Or 478-481

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Add Or 478-481
Title:
Add.Or.478-481 4 drawings depicting occupations. By E.C. Das, a Calcutta artist, c.1846. Inscribed with titles and signed by the artist. Water-colour; ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.478-481 4 drawings depicting occupations. By E.C. Das, a Calcutta artist, c.1846. Inscribed with titles and signed by the artist. Water-colour; 11.25 by 7.75 ins. Purchased 6 January 1957. Note: Although the figures are on a slightly smaller scale these drawings are clearly related ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845-1847
Extent:
4 items

548. Add Or 482

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 482
Title:
A suitor dressed as a vina player fainting before his mistress
Scope & Content:
A vina-player fainting. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue border with leaf pattern in gold. 253 by 170 mm; page 315 by 231 mm. A suitor dressed as a minstrel with a peacock-feather in his headdress has entered the presence of a princess and her ladies...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

549. Add Or 483

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 483
Title:
A landscape with a shrine and pilgrims
Scope & Content:
A scene at a shrine. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.84; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 23. A shrine to Siva, flying a red banner from the roof pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

550. Add Or 484

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 484
Title:
A river scene with a nobleman in a morpunkhi, with a shrine and travellers
Scope & Content:
A river scene. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 24. In the middle of the river is a peacock barge in which a wealthy nobleman rides, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

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