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1. Add Or 3167

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3167
Title:
The Mughal emperor Akbar II. Artist(s): Jivan Ram, Raja (fl. 1825-1840)
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of the Mughal Emperor Akbar II (1759-1837, ruled 1806-37). c.1834. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: in English: ‘ India, by Juan Ram;’ in ink: ‘Acber Shah, late King of Delhi.’ Purchased 1971, together with WD3110-3119 and Add.Or.3168-3...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1834
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3168

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3168
Title:
The Taj Mahal
Scope & Content:
The Taj Mahal Water-colour on embossed paper; 5 by 7.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3168-3169

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3168-3169
Title:
Add.Or.3168-3169 Two drawings of the Taj Mahal. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1835. Purchased 1971 together with WD3110-3119 and Add.Or.3167, 3170-3172 ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3168-3169 Two drawings of the Taj Mahal. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1835. Purchased 1971 together with WD3110-3119 and Add.Or.3167, 3170-3172 from the collection of the early traveller in the Punjab and Himalayas, Godfrey Thomas Vigne. Note: Vigne visited Agra in January 1835. Thes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1834-1836
Extent:
2 items

4. Add Or 3169

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3169
Title:
Cenotaph of the Emperor Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
Cenotaph of the Emperor Shah Jahan. Water-colour; 4.5 by 7.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3170

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3170
Title:
A Sikh kneeling on a terrace
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a Sikh in orange turban and coat and pale yellow dress wearing a black shield on his back and kneeling on a terrace. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Native unknown’; on back ‘Native Drawing.’ Gouache; 6.75 by 5.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1837
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3170-3171

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3170-3171
Title:
Add.Or.3170-3171 Two portraits of Sikh noblemen. By a Lahore or Amritsar artist, Punjab Plains, c.1837. Purchased 1971 together with WD3110-3119 and A ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3170-3171 Two portraits of Sikh noblemen. By a Lahore or Amritsar artist, Punjab Plains, c.1837. Purchased 1971 together with WD3110-3119 and Add.Or.3167-3169, 3172 from the collection of the early traveller in the Punjab and Himalayas, Godfrey Thomas Vigne. Note: Vigne visited the S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1836-1838
Extent:
2 items

7. Add Or 3171

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3171
Title:
A Sikh sardar, probably Raja Suchet Singh
Scope & Content:
A Sikh sardar, probably Raja Suchet Singh (1801-44), standing facing left and wearing a white dress and turban. He has a black shield on his back and a sword in a crimson scabbard at his side. By a Lahore or Amritsar artist, Punjab Plains, c.1837. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Costume and at...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1837
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 3172

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3172
Title:
Raja Karam Singh of Patiala (1813-45)
Scope & Content:
Raja Karam Singh of Patiala (1813-45). Punjab Plains, c.1855 (probably by a Lahore or Amritsar artist). Purchased 20 May 1971 (together with WD3110-3119 and Add.Or.3167-3171), from the collection of Godfrey Thomas Vigne, the early traveller in the Punjab and Himalayas who visited the Sikh cour...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD3110, ff.1-64, WD3111-3119

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3110, ff.1-64, WD3111-3119
Title:
VIGNE, GODFREY THOMAS (1801-1863) Born Walthamstow. Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn 1824. Amateur artist and traveller. Visited America and Canada ...
Scope & Content:
VIGNE, GODFREY THOMAS (1801-1863) Born Walthamstow. Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn 1824. Amateur artist and traveller. Visited America and Canada 1832; Persia, Central Asia, Afghanistan and northern India 1832-9; West Indies, Mexico and Nicaragua 1852. Published ‘Six months in America’, Londo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1833-1857
Extent:
10 items

10. WD3111

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3111
Title:
Standing figure holding a butterfly net and a rifle, Simla. Artist(s): Vigne, Godfrey Thomas (1801-1863)
Scope & Content:
Standing figure holding a butterfly net and a rifle, c.1834. ‘Sek a Pahari or Mountr. Cheif of Jonpan bearers. Simla’. Water-colour; 35.2 by 26.2 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1834
Extent:
1 Item