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1. Add Or 1842

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Add Or 1842
Title:
Brahmin with folded hands. Artist(s): Gopal Lal (c.1870)
Scope & Content:
Brahmin with folded hands. Brush drawing; 5.75 by 2.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 2375

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Add Or 2375
Title:
Vaisnava ascetic seated cross-legged. Artist(s): Shiva Ram (fl. c.1840)
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava ascetic seated cross-legged on a mat holding a rosary in his right hand. By Shiva Ram, a Benares artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 8.25 by 6.25 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1962. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Benares in 1948 from a Benares dealer who attribu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3336

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3336
Title:
Chaitanya and his disciple Nityananda.
Scope & Content:
Caitanya and his disciple Nityananda. 455 by 280 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3368

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3368
Title:
Vaisnava mendicant with a crow on his pate.. Artist(s): Nibaran Chandra Ghosh (c.1835-1930)
Scope & Content:
Vaisnava mendicant with a crow on his pate. 455 by 255 mm. Published: Jain, Jyotindra, 'Kalighat Painting, Images of a Changing World', Mapin Publishing, 1999, no. 83, p. 85
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3370

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3370
Title:
Chaitanya and his disciple Nityananda. Artist(s): Kanai Lal Ghosh (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
A painting illustrating a religious subject. Caitanya and his disciple Nityananda. By Kanai Lal Ghosh, Kalighat, c.1925. Water-colour, unfinished; 455 by 280 mm. Purchased by W.G. Archer at Kalighat in 1932 from the artist Kanai Lal Ghosh (born 1907), a relation of Nibaran and Kali Charan Gh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3456

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3456
Title:
A Murmu (priest clan). Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
A Murmu (priest clan) lolling on a blue elephant and holding a blue axe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3929

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3929
Title:
A Maratha with his wife
Scope & Content:
A Maratha with his wife. He carries a mace and a dagger under his arm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 3930

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3930
Title:
A brahmin (?) and his wife
Scope & Content:
A brahmin(?) and his wife.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 3934

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3934
Title:
Brahmin and wife
Scope & Content:
Brahmin and wife. Inscribed in Malayalam: ‘namputini;’ in English: ‘Namboodry.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 3937

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3937
Title:
A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife
Scope & Content:
A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife. Both wear white cloths and carry palm-leaf parasols. The man also carries a palm-leaf fan. Inscribed: ‘Namburee’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item