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1. Add Or 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2
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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 124

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Add Or 124
Title:
Indian gentleman with a hawk on his wrist, on horseback.
Scope & Content:
Indian gentleman, with a hawk on his wrist, on horseback. Inscribed: ‘4. Ghorah’ ... ‘Horse.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 206

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 206
Title:
Wrestler and wife
Scope & Content:
Wrestler and wife; the man has a dagger under his arm, his wife holds a betel leaf. Inscribed: ‘A Jattee answers to that of a Gladiator who performs.’ Note: Coloured version of Add.Or.1956.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 576

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Add Or 576
Title:
Manipur man and women playing pachisi.
Scope & Content:
Manipur man and woman playing ‘pachisi.’ Inscribed: ‘Native game.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 577

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Add Or 577
Title:
Two Manipur warriors with feathered head-dresses and a dog, attacking a tiger with spears.
Scope & Content:
Two Manipur warriors with feathered head-dresses and a dog, attacking a tiger with spears. Inscribed: ‘Attacking tiger.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 662

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Add Or 662
Title:
Englishman hunting tiger on an elephant.
Scope & Content:
Englishman hunting tiger on an elephant. Inscribed: ‘Tiger hunting in the Neilgherries.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 663

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Add Or 663
Title:
Tiger-hunting on an elephants.
Scope & Content:
Tiger-hunting on elephants. Inscribed: ‘A European with Natives Tiger Hunting on Elephants.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 664

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 664
Title:
Bullock-carriage with cheetahs.
Scope & Content:
Bullock-carriage with cheetahs. Inscribed: ‘Natives with tame tigers.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 904

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 904
Title:
Courtesan nursing a peacock
Scope & Content:
Courtesan nursing a peacock. Inscribed: ‘54. An Figure from imagination.’ Lithographed outline; 370 by 280 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 906

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 906
Title:
Courtesan seated cross-legged beside a nargila pipe
Scope & Content:
Courtesan seated cross-legged beside a ‘nargila’ pipe. Inscribed: ‘42. A public woman.’ 440 by 275 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item