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2651. Add Or 2533

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Add Or 2533
Title:
Sati scene.
Scope & Content:
Sati scene. A wife clasps the corpse of her husband on the pyre. Two women and three Brahmins stand below. Inscribed on back: ‘No.4. A Man & Wife Burning.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

2652. Add Or 2534

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Add Or 2534
Title:
Saiva temple.
Scope & Content:
Shaiva temple. In the foreground two priests and a statue of the bull Nandi. Inscribed on back: ‘No.3. A Pagoda.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

2653. Add Or 2535

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2535
Title:
Temple car being drawn in procession by devotees.
Scope & Content:
Temple car being drawn in procession by devotees. Inscribed on back: ‘No.11 A Swamy Coach.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

2654. Add Or 2536

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Add Or 2536
Title:
Composite picture. Kama God of Love, impersonated by a woman mounted on a horse composed of five women.
Scope & Content:
Composite picture. Kama, the god of love, impersonated by a woman, mounted on a horse composed of five women. Inscribed on back: ‘A Horse made of women.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

2655. Add Or 2537

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2537
Title:
Portrait of Ernest Binfield Havell (1861-1934). Artist(s): Ishwari Prasad (c.1870-1950)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Ernest Binfield Havell (1861-1934), half-length, seated on an ivory chair, a red, rolled blind above. By Ishwari Prasad, a Patna artist working in Calcutta, c.1904. Water-colour; 7.75 by 5.25 ins. Presented by the subject’s daughter, Lady Sonia Wilson, together with Photo 273, 18 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 Item

2656. Add Or 2538

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2538
Title:
Akbar II (1806-37). Artist(s): Ghulam 'Ali Khan (fl.1817-1852)
Scope & Content:
Akbar II, a halo round his head, wears a fur-trimmed padded coat. He is seated holding a hookah-snake in his left hand, and a writing case lies on the floor beside him. Inscribed on back of original frame in Persian with an English translation: ‘The auspicious Portrait of His Majesty, exalted a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 Item

2657. Add Or 2538-2539

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Add Or 2538-2539
Title:
Add.Or.2538-2539 2 ivory miniatures depicting the Mughal emperor, Akbar II, and his second son, Mirza Muhammad Salim. By Ghulam ‘Ali Khan, a Delhi pai ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2538-2539 2 ivory miniatures depicting the Mughal emperor, Akbar II, and his second son, Mirza Muhammad Salim. By Ghulam ‘Ali Khan, a Delhi painter, c.1827. Inscribed on back of original frames with a Persian inscription by the artist and an English translation and notes by Lord Amhers...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1827-1827
Extent:
2 items

2658. Add Or 2539

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2539
Title:
Mirza Salim. second son of Akbar II. Artist(s): Ghulam 'Ali Khan (fl.1817-1852)
Scope & Content:
Prince Mirza Muhammad Salim, the Emperor’s second son. The prince is seated holding a hookah snake in his right hand. He wears a fur-trimmed padded pillar and draped curtains behind him.. Inscribed on back of original frame in Persian with an English translation: ‘The Portrait of the Lord of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 Item

2659. Add Or 2540

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2540
Title:
Ghazi al-Din Haidar, Nawab and King of Oudh (1814-27)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Ghazi al-Din Haidar (Nawab and, after 1819, King of Oudh, 1814-27). Head and shoulders, wearing a crown and ermine cape. By a Lucknow artist, 1826. Inscribed on back, probably by Lord Amherst: ‘King of Oude 1826. Ghazi ood Deen Hyder King of Oude.’ Oval; water-colour on ivory; 2.5...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
1 Item

2660. Add Or 2541

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2541
Title:
Indra before Krishna
Scope & Content:
Indra. 108 by 146 mm. With Surabhi (the Cow of Plenty) Indra prostrates himself before Krishna and begs forgiveness for having poured down rain on the cow-herds of Braja. It was this storm which led Krishna to shelter them by holding up Mount Govardhan.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

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