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111. Add Or 2554

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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

112. Add Or 2554-2556

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

113. Add Or 2555

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

114. Add Or 2556

Reference (shelfmark):
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

115. Add Or 2557

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2557
Title:
A grasshopper, painted on a letter form Ishwari Prasad to W.G.Archer.. Artist(s): Ishwari Prasad (c.1870-1950)
Scope & Content:
A grasshopper, painted on a letter from Ishwari Prasad to W.G. Archer. Water-colour; 8 by 5.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

116. Add Or 2558

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2558
Title:
A large tiger with red tongue, brown skin and black spots.- Satya Pir.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
A large ‘tiger’ with red tongue, brown skin and black spots mounted by a figure in red jacket, holding a rosary and club. The archway of a shrine above. Note: Identified by the artist as the tigers’god, Satya Pir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

117. Add Or 2558-2560

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2558-2560
Title:
Add.Or.2558-2560 Scroll painting cut into three sections depicting the tigers’ god. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal P ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2558-2560 Scroll painting cut into three sections depicting the tigers’ god. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, 1945. Water-colour; width 345 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Presented 1969.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945-1945
Extent:
3 items

118. Add Or 2559

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2559
Title:
Muslim devotees before a shrine of a pir. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Muslim devotees, one on the left with pointed beard, two on the right with straggly beards, sitting holding ‘sacred’ books beside the shrine of a Muslim ‘pir’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

119. Add Or 2560

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2560
Title:
A yellow tiger with black spots, whiskers and ear-rings mounted by a small figure in red jacket and blue scarf.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
A large yellow ‘tiger’ with black spots, whiskers and ear-rings mounted by a small figure in red jacket and blue scarf, waving an iron circle and holding a small club. The tassels of a shrine hanging from above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

120. Add Or 2561

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2561
Title:
Scroll painting depicting the Baha festival - majestic figures. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Two majestic figures with large heads standing on the stumps of trees, a slightly shorter female figure with arms across her chest between them; the left figure with white face and chest, the right figure with black face and chest, both with rudimentary arms sprouting from their shoulders. Not...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item