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551. Add Or 485

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Add Or 485
Title:
Kakubha Ragini. Artist(s): Fath Chand (fl.c.1750-60)
Scope & Content:
Kakubha Ragini. By Fath Chand, Mughal, c.1750-60. Purchased January 1957. Inscribed on border in Persian: ‘‘amal-i fath chand’ (the work of Fath Chand). Gouache with gold; blind gold panel above; on an album leaf with borders of tinted paper decorated with gold sprinkling and arabesques. 11...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1750-1760
Extent:
1 Item

552. Add Or 486

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Add Or 486
Title:
Golden Temple, Amritsar
Scope & Content:
The Golden Temple, Amritsar (Punjab). By an Amritsar artist, c.1860. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i sri darbar sahib jiv waqi‘ah i shahr i Amritsar -jiv parastish-gah i Sikhan’ (Picture of the Holy Sikh Temple situated in the city of Amritsar; the holy worshipping place of the Sik...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

553. Add Or 487-489

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Add Or 487-489
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Add.Or.487-489 Three drawings made for an Englishman in Calcutta depicting his house, horses, gig and servants. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhamma ...
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Add.Or.487-489 Three drawings made for an Englishman in Calcutta depicting his house, horses, gig and servants. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1845. Purchased 14 January 1957. Note: These pictures are from a set similar to Add.Or.2553, executed by the same artist ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1846
Extent:
3 items

554. Add Or 490

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Add Or 490
Title:
An inhabitant of the Poggy Islands, near Sumatra. Artist(s): Manu Lal (fl. c.1798-1811)
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An inhabitant of the Poggy Islands, near Sumatra. He is tattooed and carries a bow and arrow. By Manu Lal, a Patna artist resident in Calcutta, c.1810. Inscribed on front in English: ‘A Native of the Poggy Islands’; in Persian characters: ‘Raqim i in taswir Manu La‘l musauwir sakin i Azimabad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

555. Add Or 491-525

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Add Or 491-525
Title:
Add.Or.491-525 35 drawings; 12 menu cards and 23 place-cards depicting scenes from the ‘Ramayana, Mahabharata’ and its appendix the ‘Harivamsa.’ By H. ...
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Add.Or.491-525 35 drawings; 12 menu cards and 23 place-cards depicting scenes from the ‘Ramayana, Mahabharata’ and its appendix the ‘Harivamsa.’ By H. Hanumanta Rao of Madanapalle, Cuddapah, c.1900. All inscribed on reverse with story and name of artist. Pen-and-ink; 16.5 by 10.7cm and 3.7cm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899-1901
Extent:
35 items

556. Add Or 526-534

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Add Or 526-534
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Add.Or.526-534 9 drawings depicting occupations. Probably by Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1804. Watermark of 1801 on Add.Or.534. Water ...
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Add.Or.526-534 9 drawings depicting occupations. Probably by Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1804. Watermark of 1801 on Add.Or.534. Water-colour; various sizes. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 14 May 1956. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad, grands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803-1805
Extent:
9 items

557. Add Or 535-537

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Add Or 535-537
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Add.Or.535-537 3 drawings depicting elephant housings and harness. By a Calcutta artist, c.1815. Water-colour; various sizes. Circumstances of acquisi ...
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Add.Or.535-537 3 drawings depicting elephant housings and harness. By a Calcutta artist, c.1815. Water-colour; various sizes. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Note: The inscription on 535 suggests that these drawings were made for Steuart and Co, who were famous coach-makers at 8 Ol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1816
Extent:
3 items

558. Add Or 538

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Add Or 538
Title:
Qutb Minar, Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Qutb Minar, Delhi with Major Robert Smith’s cupola on the right. By a Delhi artist, 1886. Inscribed on front: ‘The Kutb from a Native artist in 1886. 245ft height.’ Water-colour; 25 by 18 ins. Narrow Indian ink border. Purchased 6 May 1913. Note: Sombre in colour with a grey sky, brow...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 Item

559. Add Or 539-540

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Add Or 539-540
Title:
Add.Or.539-540 2 views of the Agra and Delhi Forts. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.539-540 2 views of the Agra and Delhi Forts. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1821
Extent:
2 items

560. Add Or 541-546

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Add Or 541-546
Title:
Add.Or.541-546 6 drawings of scenes on the North West Frontier and in the Punjab; 1 of a mosque at Peshawar, 5 of forts. Probably by a Delhi artist, c ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.541-546 6 drawings of scenes on the North West Frontier and in the Punjab; 1 of a mosque at Peshawar, 5 of forts. Probably by a Delhi artist, c.1825. Water-colour; varying sizes. Water-marks of 1819, 1820 and 1822. Purchased 27 September 1906. Note: These drawings were acquired at t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1824-1826
Extent:
6 items

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