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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3294-3307
Title:: Add.Or.3294-3307 Fourteen drawings illustrating the costume and customs of various peoples in Nepal. By Nepali or Indian artists, c.1860. Water-colour ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3294-3307 Fourteen drawings illustrating the costume and customs of various peoples in Nepal. By Nepali or Indian artists, c.1860. Water-colour; various sizes. Acquired from the Royal Geographical Society 10 March 1974. Note: These drawings formed part of the collection of Dr Henry A...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1859-1861
Extent:: 14 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3308
Title:: Two wives of Maharaja Sir Jang Bahadur Kunwar Rana, Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Nepal (1817-77)
Scope & Content:: Two wives of Maharaja Sir Jang Bahadur Kunwar Rana, Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Nepal (1817-77, in power 1846-77). The two ladies, in rich dresses and loaded with jewels, are standing beside English pianos, an upright and a grand. Crimson curtains are draped above. By a Nepali ar...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1855
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3309
Title:: The North front of Government House, Calcutta, with the Marquess of Hastings leaving in a carriage
Scope & Content:: The North front of Government House, Calcutta, with the Marquess of Hastings leaving in a carriage, his bodyguard accompanying him. On the right a gateway of Government House with Fort William and its telegraph mast in the background; on the left another gateway and part of Chowringhee Road. B...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1820
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3310-3315
Title:: Add.Or.3310-3315 Six paintings of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Brahmin women, Madhubani, Darbhanga (later Madhubani) district, Bihar, c. ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3310-3315 Six paintings of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Brahmin women, Madhubani, Darbhanga (later Madhubani) district, Bihar, c.1920-40. Presented to W.G. Archer by members of the various households, 1940. Purchased 1974. Note: Aide-mémoires for wall-paintings by women...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1940
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3316-3318
Title:: Add.Or.3316-3318 Three drawings by Maithil Brahmin children at Laknaur Upper Primary School, p.s. Jhanjharpur, Madhubani subdivision, Darbhanga Distri ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3316-3318 Three drawings by Maithil Brahmin children at Laknaur Upper Primary School, p.s. Jhanjharpur, Madhubani subdivision, Darbhanga District, Bihar, 1940. Pencil and water-colour. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1940. Purchased 1974.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1940
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3319-3320
Title:: Add.Or.3319-3320 Two drawings of brides. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sabhapati Das, village Darema, p.s. Darbhanga, Darbhanga distr ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3319-3320 Two drawings of brides. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sabhapati Das, village Darema, p.s. Darbhanga, Darbhanga district, Bihar, c.1880. Pen-and-ink and water-colour. Presented to W.G. Archer by the household, 1940. Purchased 1974. Note: Aide-mémoires for w...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1879-1881
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3321-3324
Title:: Add.Or.3321-3324 Four drawings of brides surrounded with fertility symbols. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sabhapati Das, village Dare ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3321-3324 Four drawings of brides surrounded with fertility symbols. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sabhapati Das, village Darema, p.s. Darbhanga, Darbhanga district, Bihar, c.1920-30. Pen-and-ink and water-colour. Presented to W.G. Archer by the household, 1940. Purc...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1930
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3325
Title:: Design of lotus circles. Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a "bamboo tree".
Scope & Content:: Design (aide-mémoire) of lotus circles ‘(kamalban).’ Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a ‘bamboo tree’. In the four corners (commencing from the top left) are Siva and Parvati with Nandi, an owl, the bride and bridegroom being carried in a palanquin, the bride and bridegroom with...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1920
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3326-3329
Title:: Add.Or.3326-3329 Four paintings of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sripat Mallik, village Simri, p.s. B ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3326-3329 Four paintings of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sripat Mallik, village Simri, p.s. Benipatti, Madhubani subdivision, Darbhanga district, Bihar, c.1930. Coloured inks. Presented to W.G. Archer by the household, 1940. Purchased...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1919-1921
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3330-3331
Title:: Add.Or.3330-3331 Two designs of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Bangali Das, village Darema, p.s. Darbh ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.3330-3331 Two designs of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Bangali Das, village Darema, p.s. Darbhanga, Darbhanga district, Bihar, c.1920-40. Coloured inks. Presented to W.G. Archer by the household, 1940. Purchased 1974. Note: Aide-mémoi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1940
Extent:: 2 items

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