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1. Add Or 5229

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Add Or 5229
Title:
A group of Magar men and women with hills behind, some dressed in military uniform, with swords, daggers, etc., and one smoking a nargil.
Scope & Content:
A group of Magar men and women with hills behind, some dressed in military uniform, with swords, daggers, etc., and one smoking a ‘nargil’. Inscribed on front in pencil: (above) ‘No. 1. Magurs’; and (below) ‘No.2’ [in nagari] ‘magar log.’ Water-colour and body-colour, heightened with silver: 2...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5230

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Add Or 5230
Title:
A group of Gurungs, male and female, some resting , one picking out glowing charcoal for his huqqa, before a mountainous background, with sheep and dogs.
Scope & Content:
A group of Gurungs, male and female, some resting , one picking out glowing charcoal for his huqqa, before a mountainous background, with sheep and dogs. Inscribed on front in pencil: (above) ‘No. 2. Gurum log. Charcoal fire for hooqua’; and (below) ‘No.3’ [in nagari]’ guru°m log.’ Water-colou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 5231

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Add Or 5231
Title:
A Newar lady being carried in a ha mmock sling from a striped pole carried by two bearers equipped with hooked staves similarly striped.
Scope & Content:
A Newar lady being carried in a hammock slung from a striped pole carried by two bearers equipped with hooked staves similarly striped. Inscribed below in pencil beneath each bearer: ‘Newar.’ Water-colour and body-colour, heightened with silver: 256 by 445 mm. within black painted frames.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 5232

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Add Or 5232
Title:
A group of Newars in the compound of a typical Newar house, with agricultural implements, and with a village with houses and temples beyond.
Scope & Content:
A group of Newars in the compound of a typical Newar house, with agricultural implements, and with a village with houses and temples beyond. Inscribed on front in pencil: (above) ‘No. 4. Newars.’ Pencil, water-colour and body-colour, heightened with silver: 240 by 425 mm. within broad black fr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 5233

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5233
Title:
The British Residency in Kathmandu, an original Palladian bungalow, with a two-storeyed Gothic extension behind, with a British man in the garden with his children, with servants, animals and a sepoy.
Scope & Content:
The British Residency in Kathmandu, an original Palladian bungalow, with a two-storeyed Gothic extension behind, with a British man in the garden with his children, with servants, animals and a sepoy. This is probably Brian Houghton Hodgson with his children. Inscribed on front in pencil: (abo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 5234

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5234
Title:
Two wildcats, one devouring a bird, in a landscape of snow-capped peaks.
Scope & Content:
Two wildcats, one devouring a bird, in a landscape of snow-capped peaks. Inscribed on front in pencil: (above) ‘No. 6’; and (below, in nagari) ‘plasako viralo’; and in ink: ‘One foot nine inches long & eleven inch. high. Tail nine inch.’ Water-colour and body-colour, heightened with varni...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 5235-5239

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Add Or 5235-5239
Title:
Panoramic view of the Kathmandu Valley taken from the roof of the Residency, on five sheets of paper.. Artist(s): Rajmansinh Citrakar (fl. 1830-1850)
Scope & Content:
Panoramic view of the Kathmandu Valley taken from the roof of the Residency, on five sheets of paper. By the Nepalese artist Rajaman Singh. Inscribed ‘1’ to ‘67’, over various geographical features and villages, with the corresponding names in English and nagari on the various sheets. Sheet ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5240

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Add Or 5240
Title:
The Parade Ground, Kathmandu, with the Dharahara tower (‘Bhimasen’s Folly’), Newar temples, European-style mansions, and the hills beyond. A group of sepoys in the foreground.
Scope & Content:
The Parade Ground, Kathmandu, with the Dharahara tower (‘Bhimasen’s Folly’), Newar temples, European-style mansions, and the hills beyond. A group of sepoys in the foreground with the turban-ornaments (star and moon) to which the inscription refers. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘No. 8. © Ba...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 5241

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Add Or 5241
Title:
View of Bhadgaon from the south side of the river.
Scope & Content:
View of Bhatgaon from the south side of the river. Inscribed in pencil: ‘No. 9’; and above: ‘Town of Bhagaon.’ Pencil and water-colour; 236 by 419 mm. within broad black frame.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5242

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5242
Title:
The palace at Bhadgaon, with the Golden Gate, and various temples and pillars in the Durbar Square.
Scope & Content:
The palace at Bhatgon, with the Golden Gate, and various temples and pillars in the Durbar Square. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘No. 10’; and on the reverse: ‘Palace at Bhatgaon.’. Pencil, wash and water-colour; 234 by 420 mm. within broad black frame.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item