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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2662
Title:: The China Tomb, Agra.
Scope & Content:: The China Tomb, Agra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 4.75 by 7.52 ins. Indian ink rule border. Inscribed on mount: ‘The China Tomb at Agra now in ruins (Extracts from the Koran).’ Purchased 20 February 1967. Note: The Chini-ka-rauza (China Tomb) is situated near the tomb ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2663
Title:: The Chaunsath Khambe (Pavilion of Sixty-four pillars) containing the tomb of Atga Khan.
Scope & Content:: The Chaunsath Khambe (Pavilion of Sixty-four pillars) containing the tomb of A‘zam Khan Kokah, Delhi; in the background, the tomb of Atga Khan. By a Delhi artist, c.1820-25. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i maqbarah i A‘zam Khan Kokah i Humayun i padshah’ (Picture of the tomb of A‘z...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2664-2665
Title:: Add.Or.2664-2665 2 drawings of Lucknow monuments. By a Delhi artist, c.1860. Water-colour. Indian ink rule borders. Purchased 20 February 1967. ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2664-2665 2 drawings of Lucknow monuments. By a Delhi artist, c.1860. Water-colour. Indian ink rule borders. Purchased 20 February 1967.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1859-1861
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2666-2667
Title:: Add.Or.2666-2667 2 mica paintings of uniforms of the Bengal Native Infantry. By a Benares or Patna artist, c.1830. Gouache on mica; 4.75 by 3 ins. Pur ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2666-2667 2 mica paintings of uniforms of the Bengal Native Infantry. By a Benares or Patna artist, c.1830. Gouache on mica; 4.75 by 3 ins. Purchased 20 March 1967. Note: These mica paintings were clearly part of a set similar to Add.Or.359-393 where the faceless mica paintings were ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1829-1831
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2668-2671
Title:: Add.Or.2668-2671 4 mica paintings depicting Madras uniforms. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1820-30. Gouache on mica; 4.75 by 3 ins. Purchased 20 March 1 ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2668-2671 4 mica paintings depicting Madras uniforms. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1820-30. Gouache on mica; 4.75 by 3 ins. Purchased 20 March 1967.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1830
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2672
Title:: A budgerow with a military officer on board.
Scope & Content:: Mica painting of a budgerow with a military officer on board. By a Benares or Patna artist, c.1830. Gouache on mica; 5.25 by 6.5 ins. Purchased 20 March 1967.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2673
Title:: Holy men with visitors
Scope & Content:: Holy men with visitors. Mughal, c.1790. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Drawing with a little colour; laid down on paper. 109 by 178 mm; page 120 by 190 mm. Five holy men are seated in a landscape, one drinking from a bowl; two visiting noblemen are on the left.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2674-2743
Title:: Add.Or.2674-2743 70 drawings mounted in a volume: 12 (2674-2685) depicting Mughal rulers, their relations and contemporaries; 21 (2686-2706) depicting ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2674-2743 70 drawings mounted in a volume: 12 (2674-2685) depicting Mughal rulers, their relations and contemporaries; 21 (2686-2706) depicting rulers of Bengal, Bihar and Oudh in the 18th century; 27 (2707-2733) depicting occupations an boats; 9 (2734-2742) depicting 2 buildings, 5 musi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1785-1790
Extent:: 70 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2744-2767
Title:: Add.Or.2744-2767 Twenty-four paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to an otherwise unrecorded system totalling forty-two illustration ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2744-2767 Twenty-four paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to an otherwise unrecorded system totalling forty-two illustrations. Murshidabad, c.1790. Formerly Album 68; circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Inscribed in nagari on mauve panels at top with identifica...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1789-1791
Extent:: 24 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2768
Title:: Sher Shah, Afghan emperor of Delhi
Scope & Content:: Sher Shah, Afghan emperor of Delhi (1540-45). Mughal, c.1740. Formerly Album 69, no.1; purchased from Mirza Yusuf Khan, 11 March 1914, together with Add.Or.2769-2771. Gouache with gold; mounted with decorated blue border. 285 by 185 mm; page 315 by 217 mm. Sher Shah, holding a sword across ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1740
Extent:: 1 Item

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