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1. Add MS 21475, f.1

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Title:
Maharaja Sambhaji
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Sambhaji (1657-89, reg. 1680-89) seated on a terrace holding a flower. Maratha, late 17th century. Opaque pigments and gold on paper. 146 by 220mm (including border). Inscribed above in nagari: Maharaja Sambhajiraje. Sambhaji (1657-89) was the eldest son of Sivaji, leader of th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 1

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Title:
Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
Scope & Content:
Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 2

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Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
Scope & Content:
A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 188

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Add Or 188
Title:
Raja Amar Singh (1787-98) of Tanjore
Scope & Content:
Raja Amar Singh of Tanjore (ruled 1787-98); full length portrait facing right, holding a rose in his left hand. Inscribed: ‘The Present Rajah of Tanjore - 1797 - Rajah Hammah Sing Bonisilie.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 735

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Title:
An Indian lady, 'Muttubby', seated on a chair smoking a hookah with the river Ganges behind her. Artist(s): Dip Chand (fl.c.1764)
Scope & Content:
An Indian lady. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Muttubby. W.F. 1764.’ 209 by 131 mm; page 239 by 162 mm. Reproduced: Losty (1986), 65; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 28. The lady sits on a European chair, smoking a hookah which is placed on a European side-table before her. In the background is the rive...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 736

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Title:
Ashraf 'Ali Khan seated on a chair smoking a hookah with the river Ganges behind him. Artist(s): Dip Chand (fl.c.1764)
Scope & Content:
Ashraf ‘Ali Khan. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Ushrofully Cann. W.F. 1764.’ 220 by 149 mm; page 239 by 169 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.86; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 27. Ashraf ‘Ali Khan sits cross-legged on a European chair, smoking a hookah which is placed in a European side-table. In t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 742

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Title:
Durbar scene showing Wajid 'Ali Shah (King of Oudh 1847-56) embracing the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge.
Scope & Content:
Durbar scene showing Wajid ‘Ali Shah (King of Oudh 1847-56) embracing the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge, on his visit to Lucknow in November 1847. British civil and military officers, as well as sepoys, are present, and the picture may depict the presentation of new standards to the Oudh troo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1847
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 746

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Title:
Portrait of Hajji Khair Allah Khan.. Artist(s): Muhammad 'Azim (fl.1854)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Hajji Khair Allah Khan, ambassador of Saiyid Muhammad Khan, ruler of Herat, to Kabul, kneeling with clasped hands on a rug, dressed in a grey robe and pinkish turban. Inscribed in Pesian characters: ‘Taswir i ‘alijah hajji al-Haramain Hajji Khair Allah Khan ilchi i sarkar i sardar S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 747

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Add Or 747
Title:
Portrait of Saiyid Mir Hafiz-ji Sahib.. Artist(s): Muhammad 'Azim (fl.1854)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Saiyid Mir Hafiz-ji Sahib, Councillor of the Amir of Afghanistan. Full-length, dressed in green robe and turban and holding a long staff in his left hand. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Taswir i sulalah al-sadat al-‘uzzam Mir Hafiz-ji Sahib ‘amal i Muhammad ‘Azim asamm abkam’ (P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 1039

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Add Or 1039
Title:
Head and shoulders portrait of the emperor Akbar
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Akbar. Mughal, c.1600. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Akber’; in Persian characters: ‘akbar badshah’ (the emperor Akbar); numbered ‘1’. Drawing on paper with other sketches of a medallion and a girl’s face; mounted with border of grey paper. 133 by 130 mm; page 224 by 160 mm. Reproduced...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

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