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901. Add Or 2865

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2865
Title:
The tryst; a lady swimming to meet her lover
Scope & Content:
The tryst. Delhi, c.1900. Formerly Album 70, no.62; acquired 21 April 1915. Gouache with gold; lilac border. 223 by 151 mm; page 266 by 185 mm. A lady is fording a river at night to meet her lover who waits on the opposite bank on horseback. There are peacocks in the tree above and lightni...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item

902. Add Or 2866

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2866
Title:
A girl with yo-yo
Scope & Content:
A girl with a yo-yo. Mughal, c.1800. Formerly Album 70, no.67; acquired 21 April 1915. Gouache with gold; blue, green and brown borders. 128 by 80 mm; page 283 by 211 mm. A girl is seated in a gold chair playing with a yo-yo. She is dressed predominantly in gold but is naked to the waist.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

903. Add Or 2867-2868

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2867-2868
Title:
Add.Or.2867-2868 Two devotional illustrations from a manuscript. Marwar, c.1800. Mounted in an album (formerly Album 70); presented 21 April 1915. Thi ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2867-2868 Two devotional illustrations from a manuscript. Marwar, c.1800. Mounted in an album (formerly Album 70); presented 21 April 1915. Thinly applied gouache with silver; ruled margins. 166 by 290 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1801
Extent:
2 items

904. Add Or 2869

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2869
Title:
Panel of nasta'liq Persian calligraphy in decoupe work, with a decoupe border.
Scope & Content:
Panel of decoupé work, with ‘nasta’liq’ Persian text in central cartouche and in end panels cut out in white paper over a ground coloured blue and gold, with a border of decoupé floral scroll over olive green. Let into a later plain album page. Inscribed on reverse in an 18th century hand: ‘A ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

905. Add Or 2870

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2870
Title:
A young prince returning from hawking
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Return from hawking. A young prince (face damaged) wearing a turban of Mughal type, mounted, hawk on wrist, preceded by his footman or groom (face also damaged) on foot, carrying a dead duck. Plain background. Rather rubbed and discoloured; a tear (repaired) across the mid...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1590-1600
Extent:
1 Item

906. Add Or 2871-2965

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2871-2965
Title:
Add.Or.2871-2965 Ninety-five scenes from the ‘Bhagavata Purana’ and other popular and religious themes. Khandesh, Mewar style, c.1780. Formerly Albums ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2871-2965 Ninety-five scenes from the ‘Bhagavata Purana’ and other popular and religious themes. Khandesh, Mewar style, c.1780. Formerly Albums 72 and 73. Purchased 28 March 1925. Gouache with gold; laid down on card leaves of two volumes and uniformly bound in scoured brown leather ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779-1781
Extent:
95 items

907. Add Or 2966-3002

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2966-3002
Title:
Add.Or.2966-3002 Album of 37 drawings by staff and students of the Sir Jamshetji Jejeebhoy School of Art, Bombay, c.1941, illustrating themes and game ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2966-3002 Album of 37 drawings by staff and students of the Sir Jamshetji Jejeebhoy School of Art, Bombay, c.1941, illustrating themes and games from childhood from various parts of India, together with lists of signatures of the children of Bombay who had contributed at least a rupee fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940-1942
Extent:
37 items

908. Add Or 3003

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3003
Title:
Maharaja Ranbir Singh (1857-85) of Jammu and Kashmir
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Ranbir Singh (1857-85) of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu, c.1880. Presented by Miss Ina C. Turnbull, 16 February 1948. Inscribed on reverse: ‘His Highness the Maharaja Jummoo and Kashmir. G.C.S.I.,’ ‘C’.’I.E.’ Gouache; mauve mount with yellow margin and crimson and blue rules; dark blue ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

909. Add Or 3004

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3004
Title:
A prince enthroned in the countryside
Scope & Content:
A prince enthroned in the countryside. Ahmadnagar, c.1595-1600. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Inscribed in Persian: ‘Muhammad Qutb(?) Shah.’ Drawing with gold; on an album page with undecorated border. 206 by 130 mm; page 240 by 162 mm. Reverse: a drawing of a simurgh. A youthf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1595-1600
Extent:
1 Item

910. Add Or 3004v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3004v
Title:
A simurgh
Scope & Content:
A simurgh. Deccan, c.1650. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Drawing with silver and gold; on an album page with green border. Seal of Rashid Khan, ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi, with the date 48, probably for the 48th regnal year of Aurangzeb. 123 by 169 mm; page 162 by 240 mm. Reverse: a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

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