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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2604-2606
Title:: Add.Or.2604-2606 3 drawings of occupations. By a Patna artist, 1803. Water-colour; varying sizes. Presented by H.C. Maggs Esq., July 1965. Note: From ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2604-2606 3 drawings of occupations. By a Patna artist, 1803. Water-colour; varying sizes. Presented by H.C. Maggs Esq., July 1965. Note: From a series of drawings depicting occupations.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1803-1803
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2605
Title:: Conjuror and his assistant playing on a snake charmer's pipe.
Scope & Content:: Conjuror and his assistant playing on a snake charmer’s pipe. Inscribed on mount in ink: ‘A Conjuror.’ 6.25 by 6.5 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1803
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2606
Title:: Water-cooler
Scope & Content:: Water-cooler (‘abdar’). Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Water-cooler.’ 6.5 by 6.75 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1803
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2607
Title:: Conventionalised portrait said to be Rani Laksmi Bai of Jhansi (d.1858)
Scope & Content:: Portrait, head and shoulders, of an Indian lady with red, blue and gold dress and pink veil. Blue background. Probably by a Lahore or Amritsar artist, c.1860-70. Inscribed on mount: ‘The Rani of Jhansi.’ Oval, water-colour on ivory; 1.75 by 1.25 ins. Purchased 28 December 1904, together with...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1870
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2608
Title:: A great tree on Prince of Wales' Island (Penang)
Scope & Content:: A great tree on Prince of Wales’ Island (Penang). Probably drawn by a Chinese artist, c.1825. Inscribed: ‘Great Tree Prince of Wales’ Island. 32 feet in’ ‘circumference - 120 in height to the first branch.’ Unfinished, pencil; 23 by 18.75 ins. Presented by Robert Skelton, 14 June 1966. Not...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2609
Title:: Portrait, head and shoulders, three-quarter face of the Mughal Emperor Akbar II (1806-37)
Scope & Content:: Portrait, head and shoulders, three-quarter face of the Mughal Emperor Akbar II (1806-37). He has white hair, wears a blue and red costume ornamented with gold, and he holds a hookah mouthpiece in his right hand. Brown background with part of a pillar on the left hand side. By a Delhi artist, c...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2610
Title:: Pony, dogs and their attendant servants standing outside the Residency Surgeon's house, Kathmandu (Nepal)
Scope & Content:: Pony, dogs and their attendant servants standing outside the Residency Surgeon’s house, Katmandu (Nepal). Inscribed on back: ‘M.A.O.’s Pony ‘Titmouse’ - by Native Artist.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1862
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2610-2614
Title:: Add.Or.2610-2614 5 drawings of animals belonging to Dr H.A. Oldfield, Katmandu (Nepal). By a Nepali artist, c.1862. Inscribed on back with notes about ...
Scope & Content:: Add.Or.2610-2614 5 drawings of animals belonging to Dr H.A. Oldfield, Katmandu (Nepal). By a Nepali artist, c.1862. Inscribed on back with notes about the animals. Water-colour; 13 by 16 ins unless specified. Presented by Brigadier G.P. Oldfield and Miss Margaret Oldfield, grandson and gran...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1861-1863
Extent:: 5 items

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