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1. Add Or 1850

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1850
Title:
Woman seated at a table by a window overlooking the Ganges. She is smoking a hookah and writing a letter, a child beside her. Artist(s): Fakir Chand Lal (c.1790-c.1865)
Scope & Content:
Woman seated at a table by a window overlooking the Ganges. She is smoking a hookah and writing a letter, a child beside her. Gouache; 8.75 by 6.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4574

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4574
Title:
A nautch attended by Bengalis and Europeans, intended to be a portayal of the Kali Yuga. Artist(s): Jadavendra Karmakar (fl.1850s)
Scope & Content:
A nautch attended by Bengalis and Europeans, with two dancing girls and musicians, intended to be a portayal of the Kali Yuga. Engraved in Bengali: ‘sri jadabendra karmakarer krta sam. bardaman bada bajarate ei chapa paibe kalirajar sabha’, and inscribed in pencil: ‘The last age. The court of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD142

Reference (shelfmark):
WD142
Title:
‘Our Magistrate’s Wife’: a British woman reclining in a chair with her feet on a morha. Artist(s): Atkinson, George Franklin (1822-1859)
Scope & Content:
‘Our Magistrate’s Wife’: a British woman reclining in a chair with her feet on a morha and holding smelling salts. One ayah brushes her hair and another massages her legs. c.1856. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘21. Our Magistrate’s Wife.’ Water-colour; 6 by 8 ins. Purchased 6 March 1958.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD303

Reference (shelfmark):
WD303
Title:
Album of 78 drawings and 2 lithographs of miscellaneous subjects drawn in India and Europe. c.1819-30. Includes drawings by Arthur William Devis and George Chinnery. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874), and others
Scope & Content:
f.1 A fancy-dress party probably in Calcutta. f.2 A garden party, probably in Calcutta, 1824. f.3 A lance bearer. f.4 ‘Ravenshaw. After Nicholson W.P. July, 1825.’ f.5 A country boat by a ghat, probably in Bengal. f.6 Amateur theatricals including ‘W.P., A.P., Luard, Armstron...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1819-1830
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD494

Reference (shelfmark):
WD494
Title:
'The Calcutta Cotillion'. Caricature of various Calcutta residents. c. 1796 from a sketch of c. 1775. Artist(s): Moffat, James (1775-1815)
Scope & Content:
'The Calcutta Cotillion'. Caricature of various Calcutta residents. c.1796 from a sketch of c.1775. Inscribed on front in ink: The Calcutta Cotillion. Copied from one by Colonel Green; also inscribed with names of dancers. Pen-and-ink and wash; 5.5 by 14 ins. Purchased 19 October 1914. No...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1796
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD1019

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1019
Title:
‘Our Travellers’ Bungalow’: the kansamah greets a British officer who has arrived with his servants. Artist(s): Atkinson, George Franklin (1822-1859)
Scope & Content:
‘Our Travellers’ Bungalow’: the ‘kansamah’ greets a British officer who has arrived with his servants. c.1856. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘32. Our Travellers’ Bungalow.’ Water-colour; 5.75 by 7.75 ins. Purchased 17 July 1957.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD1020

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1020
Title:
‘Our Garden’: malis at work in the garden of a European bungalow and bullocks drawing water from a well. Artist(s): Atkinson, George Franklin (1822-1859)
Scope & Content:
‘Our Garden’: ‘malis’ at work in the garden of a European bungalow and bullocks drawing water from a well. c.1856. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘31. Our Garden.’ Water-colour; 5.75 by 8 ins. Purchased 17 July 1957.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD2432

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2432
Title:
Shola Trees in the Nilgiri Hills; a child riding with a syce in the foreground. Artist(s): Sankey, Sir Richard Hieram (1829-1908)
Scope & Content:
Shola Trees in the Nilgiri Hills; a child riding with a syce in the foreground. c.1850. Inscribed:’ R.H. Sankey. Sholah Trees.’ Water-colour; 10 by 13.5 ins. Foster Catalogue, no.171.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD2873

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2873
Title:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. c.1830. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘J. Prinsep’. Pen-and-ink; 8 by 9.75 ins. Purchased 20 February 1967.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD2904

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2904
Title:
Mrs Gladstone Lingham reading under a punkah in a comfortably furnished room at Berhampore.
Scope & Content:
A woman reading under a punkah in a comfortably furnished room. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Mrs Gladstone Lingham’s drawing room at her residence in Berhampore, 1863’. Water-colour; 20 by 31.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 Item