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1. Add Or 1855

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Add Or 1855
Title:
Milkman's wife (gwalin) carrying cow-dung cakes
Scope & Content:
Milkman’s wife (‘gwalin’) carrying cow-dung cakes. By a Patna artist, c.1870. Water-colour; 9 by 7 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer in Patna in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 2553

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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

3. Add Or 3337

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3337
Title:
Water-carrier.
Scope & Content:
Water-carrier. 455 by 280 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3920

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3920
Title:
A Gaddi shepherd wrestling with a sheep. Artist(s): Chandu Lal, of Rajol (fl.1966)
Scope & Content:
A Gaddi shepherd wrestling with a bear. Presented by Michael Archer, March 1978. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Raina Chandu Lal musavvir Rajol mavarkha 18.2.66’ (Raina Chandu Lal, painter, Rajol, dated 18.2.66). Gouache; decorated black and pink borders. 174 by 219 mm; page 230 by 270 mm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1966
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3935

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3935
Title:
Labourer and wife
Scope & Content:
Labourer and wife; the man is digging with a mattock, his wife is carrying earth in a basket. Inscribed in Malayalam: ‘ottar;’ in English: ‘Otteru.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3936

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3936
Title:
Toddy-tapper and wife
Scope & Content:
Toddy-tapper and wife; the man is climbing a palm tree; his wife is carrying the juice away. Inscribed in Malayalam: ‘tiyan;’ in English: ‘Sien.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3963

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Add Or 3963
Title:
A watercarrier (bhisti) with his bullock and water-skins
Scope & Content:
A watercarrier (‘bhisti’) with his bullock and water-skins. Inscribed on front: ‘A Bheastie, a man that brings water round by a Bullock. the bags are made of Pig’s skin.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 3964

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3964
Title:
Two women grinding flour
Scope & Content:
Two women grinding flour, another woman with a baby and a child look on. Four children on the left; on the right a ‘tulsi’ shrine. Inscribed: ‘Grinding flour.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 3966

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3966
Title:
A woman ginning cotton, a man (dhuniya) carding it and a woman spinning
Scope & Content:
A woman ginning cotton, a man (‘dhuniya’) carding it and a woman spinning. Inscribed on front: ‘Spinning the Cotton. Taking seeds out of the Cotton Beating out the Cotton.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4003

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4003
Title:
Water-carrier (kahar). Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Water-carrier (‘kahar’). Water-colour; 216 by 171 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

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