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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2548
Title:: Three blacksmiths.. Artist(s): Tuni Lal (fl. c.1840-1850), attributed to
Scope & Content:: Three blacksmiths; one working the bellows and two hammering a piece of red-hot iron. Water-colour; 10.75 by 8.5 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840-1850
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2549
Title:: Two tailors at work.. Artist(s): Tuni Lal (fl. c.1840-1850), attributed to
Scope & Content:: Two tailors at work seated on a striped rug. Water-colour; 10.75 by 8.5 ins
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840-1850
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2550
Title:: A pair of Nuktas or Old World Comb-ducks (Sarkidiornis melanotos). After C.W. Smith. Artist(s): Fakir Chand Lal (c.1790-c.1865) after Smith, Christopher Webb (b.1793)
Scope & Content:: A pair of Nuktas or Old World Comb-ducks ‘(Sarkidiornis melanotos)’ swimming on a lake with a group of Pintails ‘(Anas acuta)’ in the background. By Fakir Chand Lal (c.1790-c.1865), a Patna artist, c.1850. Water-colour; 7.25 by 9 ins. Presented by Michael Archer, 30 January 1969. Note: Obtai...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2551
Title:: A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder.. Artist(s): Kapur Singh (fl.1866)
Scope & Content:: A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder. By Kapur Singh, an Amritsar artist. 15 October 1866. Inscribed by Augustus Honner on album page: ‘Kupoor Sing of Umritsar 15/10/66’; on mount: ‘A dak Runner or Postman - where there is no ‘mail cart’. The...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1866
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2551-2552
Title:: Add.Or.2551-2552 Two paintings of occupations and costume in the Punjab and Kashmir. By Amritsar artists, 1866. Purchased 21 February 1969. Note: Thes ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2551-2552 Two paintings of occupations and costume in the Punjab and Kashmir. By Amritsar artists, 1866. Purchased 21 February 1969. Note: These two paintings - the first by Kapur Singh, the second by an unknown painter - were taken from an album of Punjabi costumes and occupations co...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1866-1866
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2552
Title:: A Kashmiri woman carrying a small bag.
Scope & Content:: A Kashmiri woman carrying a small bag. By an Amritsar artist, 1866. Inscribed on original album page: ‘Cashmere Woman.’ Water-colour; 6.25 by 4.25 ins, with mount 8.5 by 6.5 ins. Purple mount with red and blue rules.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1866
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2553
Title:: A sweeper (mehtar) and water-carrier (bihishti) cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:: A sweeper ‘(mehtar)’ and water-carrier ‘(bihishti)’ cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1830-35. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Bhisty’;’ Mayter’; in Persian characters: ‘bihishti’; ‘mihtar’;’ Shaikh Muhammad Amir musauwir....
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1835-1840
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2554
Title:: A Muslim scholar, greeted by an ascetic.
Scope & Content:: A Muslim scholar, greeted by an ascetic, is seated reading a book; another book is lying on a bookrest. Inscribed: ‘34.’ Gouache; 9.75 by 7 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1783
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2554-2556
Title:: Add.Or.2554-2556 Three paintings from a set chiefly depicting occupations in South India. By a Madras artist, c.1783. Gouache; orange borders with red ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2554-2556 Three paintings from a set chiefly depicting occupations in South India. By a Madras artist, c.1783. Gouache; orange borders with red rules. Presented 1 July 1969; 2554 and 2555 by Mildred and W.G. Archer; 2556 by Edwin Binney 3rd. Note: These three paintings were part of a...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1782-1784
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2555
Title:: A mounted spearman, perhaps a Maratha.
Scope & Content:: A mounted spearman, perhaps a Maratha. Inscribed: ‘36.’ Gouache; 10 by 7.5 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1783
Extent:: 1 Item

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