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1. Add Or 2556

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Add Or 2556
Title:
Admiral Hughes, holding his tree-corned hat in his had, stands facing Mrs. Oakeley who wears a panniered dress and elaborate feathered head-dress.
Scope & Content:
Admiral Hughes, holding his three-cornered hat in his hand, stands facing Mrs Oakeley who wears a panniered dress and elaborate feathered head-dress. Inscribed: ‘Admiral Hughs & Mrs. Oakeley. 64.’ Gouache; 10 by 7.5 ins. Note: Admiral Sir Edward Hughes (1720?-94) was Commander-in-Chief, E...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3166

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Add Or 3166
Title:
Asaf Khan
Scope & Content:
Asaf Khan. Mughal, c.1630. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 15 May 1961. Drawing with a little colour and gold; grey border with red and green rules, mauve gilt-sprinkled outer border. 140 by 100 mm; page 225 by 162 mm. Asaf Khan stands facing left, three-quarter length, leaning with b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3175

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3175
Title:
Maharaja Abhi Singh(?) of Jodhpur (1725-50)
Scope & Content:
A Jodhpur nobleman. Jodhpur, Marwar, mid-18th century. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 29 January 1971. Inscribed on reverse in Persian:’ Bhim Singh Jodhpuri.’ Drawing with touches of colour. 217 by 146 mm. The nobleman, perhaps Maharaja Abhi Singh of Jodhpur (1725-50), stands facing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3176

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Add Or 3176
Title:
Muhammad Ishaq Khan Mutaman al-Daula
Scope & Content:
Muhammad Ishaq Khan Mutaman al-Daula. Mughal, c.1780. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 29 January 1971. Inscribed in Persian: ‘navab muhammad ‘isa’ [erased] ‘ishaq khan bahadur bah hamah sifat-i mausuf’ (Nawab Muhammad Ishaq Khan Bahadur with every quality ascribed to him). ‘Charba’; mo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3177

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3177
Title:
The Abyssinian minister Malik Ambar
Scope & Content:
The Abyssinian minister Malik Ambar. Deccan, c.1650. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 29 January 1971. Drawing. 222 by 140 mm. Reverse: a 17th-century Mughal sketch of a nobleman and his lady. The minister stands facing right, his face in profile, holding a long sword, and wearing a s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3178

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Add Or 3178
Title:
Rana Bhim Singh (1778-1828)
Scope & Content:
Rana Bhim Singh of Mewar (1778-1828). Udaipur, c.1820. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 29 January 1971. Inscribed on front in nagari characters:’ Ranaji Bhim Singh’; in Persian: ‘Ra‘na Bhim Singh Bahadur Bhim.’ Line drawing with touches of water-colour. 200 by 128 mm. Rana Bhim Singh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3821

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Add Or 3821
Title:
Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d1826)
Scope & Content:
Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d.1826). Guler, c.1830. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse by or at the instance of the dealer Radha Krishan Bharany: ‘Raja Goverdhen Chand enjoying music, lying with his Queen Rani Goverdhana on a cot placed on the cross of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 3848

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3848
Title:
Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah (1724-48)
Scope & Content:
Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah (1st Nizam of Hyderabad 1724-48). Purchased June 1976. Inscribed on cover-paper: ‘Nizam al muluck - Soubah of the Decan’; numbered in a different hand: ‘(2)’; in Persian: ‘Nawab Asaf Jah’; cover-paper watermarked with a crowned armorial device over lette...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1745
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4026

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4026
Title:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, seated on a European-style settee holding a sword
Scope & Content:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Lucknow (1775-97), seated on a European-style settee holding a sword, the sharpness of which he tests with his thumb. By a Lucknow artist, c.1790. Gouache; 235 by 160 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: The painting is probably a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5600

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5600
Title:
Raja Shamsher Sen of Mandi (r.1727-1781) smoking a hookah.
Scope & Content:
Raja Shamsher Sen of Mandi is presented kneeling on a terrace and drawing a hookah pipe to his lips. He is accompanied by an attendant standing directly behind waving a white handkerchief and a second attendant sitting by the base of the hookah. Mandi, 1760-70 Inscribed in takri: 'sri danpal' ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item