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891. Add Or 4028-4029

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Add Or 4028-4029
Title:
Add.Or.4028-4029 Two drawings from a set depicting musicians. By a Lucknow artist, c.1815-20. Gouache; yellow and pink border; 248 by 197 mm. From the ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.4028-4029 Two drawings from a set depicting musicians. By a Lucknow artist, c.1815-20. Gouache; yellow and pink border; 248 by 197 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
2 items

892. Add Or 4029

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4029
Title:
A tambura player
Scope & Content:
A tambura player seated on a green and blue striped durrie against a background of a wall and a distant landscape. Inscribed on front: ‘A man playing on the guitar;’ and numbered in pencil: ‘87’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

893. Add Or 4030

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4030
Title:
Table-servant (Khitmatgar) with glass and bottle
Scope & Content:
Table-servant (‘Khitmatgar’) with glass and bottle. By a Lucknow artist, c.1830. Water-colour; 178 by 115 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

894. Add Or 4031

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4031
Title:
A British resident of Lucknow with his two elephants
Scope & Content:
A British resident of Lucknow with his two elephants - one a ceremonial elephant with rich housings, the other an elephant for ‘shikar’. He is standing in the howdah of the latter elephant holding a gun; a servant, also with a gun, is seated behind him. In the background a mansion (perhaps the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

895. Add Or 4032

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4032
Title:
Mausoleum of Shaikh Salim Chisti
Scope & Content:
Mausoleum of Shaikh Salim Chisti in the courtyard of the Jami‘ Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri. By a Delhi artist, c.1820. Inscribed on front: ‘Futtehpore Sicri’. Water-colour; black rule borders; 274 by 450 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

896. Add Or 4033

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4033
Title:
Kotla Firuz Shah, Delhi
Scope & Content:
Kotla Firuz Shah, Delhi. By a Delhi artist, c.1820-25. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Feroze Shah’s Pillar;’ in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i kotlah i kunhan i mutassil i Dihli i mashhur ast’ (Picture of the famous old kotla near Delhi). Water-colour; black border; 250 by 343 mm. From the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

897. Add Or 4034

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4034
Title:
The Qutb Minar, Delhi.
Scope & Content:
The Qutb Minar, Delhi. By a Delhi artist, c.1830-35. Inscribed on front: ‘Kootub Minar near Delhi’. Water-colour; black rule border; 222 by 184 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: The painting was made after the Qutb Minar had been repaired by Major Ro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1835
Extent:
1 Item

898. Add Or 4035

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4035
Title:
La Martiniere(??), the house of Colonel Martin, at Lucknow
Scope & Content:
La Martinière, the house of Colonel Martin, at Lucknow. By a Delhi artist, c.1830-40. Inscribed on back: ‘India’. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; black rule border; 145 by 184 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Views of Lucknow buildings were at times i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

899. Add Or 4036

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4036
Title:
A Gaddi shepherd and his wife
Scope & Content:
A Gaddi shepherd and his wife carrying baskets on their backs and followed by a large dog. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1970-72, see M. Archer, ‘Indian paintings from court, town and village’ (London, 1970), no. 39.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

900. Add Or 4036-4037

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4036-4037
Title:
Add.Or.4036-4037 Two drawings of occupations in the Punjab. By an artist from the Punjab Hills working in the Punjab Plains, c.1850. Gouache; red bord ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.4036-4037 Two drawings of occupations in the Punjab. By an artist from the Punjab Hills working in the Punjab Plains, c.1850. Gouache; red border with black and white rules; 190 by 247 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer, purchased 1978.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1849-1851
Extent:
2 items