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131. Add Or 5174

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Add Or 5174
Title:
A female ascetic with a vina being visited by two princesses
Scope & Content:
A female ascetic with a ‘vina’ being visited by two princesses, one holding a young prince, in a landscape. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1780. Inscribed in ink on a label stuck down below: ‘Mahomet Shaw’s Biley’; and on the album page: ‘5.’ Opaque water-colour and gold and silver within a paint...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

132. Add Or 5290

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5290
Title:
Yogee A devotee in meditation.. Artist(s): Calcutta Art Studio (fl.1890s)
Scope & Content:
‘Hindu Sacred Pictures. Series A. No. 5. Sivapuja’ [Bengali and Hindi] ‘Yogi.’ [Added caption:] ‘24. Yogee A devotee in meditation.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 Item

133. Add Or 5324

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5324
Title:
Sankirtun Chaitanya and followers singing hymns in a procession.. Artist(s): Calcutta Art Studio (fl.1890s)
Scope & Content:
‘Hindu Sacred Pictures. Series A. Number 1. Nabadvipe mahaprabhur sankirtan’ [Bengali] ‘Caitanya sankirtan’ [Hindi]’ Chaitanya-sankirtan.’ [Added caption:] ‘58. Sankirtun Chaitanyia and followers singing hymns in a procession.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 Item

134. Add Or 5415

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5415
Title:
A seated Vaishnava saint with flat cap and flag.
Scope & Content:
A seated Vaishnava saint with flat cap and flag. Inscribed below: ‘Younbaroomanar who Creded [created?] Codum? 51.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

135. Add Or 5424

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Add Or 5424
Title:
The sage Vasistha.
Scope & Content:
The sage Vasistha. Inscribed below: ‘Vasistamaharishee sitting upon a Tyger skin. 61.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

136. Add Or 5475, f.12v

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Add Or 5475, f.12v
Title:
A Hindu ascetic known as 'Mr. Flowery Man', with an attendant holding a sunshade. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
A Hindu ascetic known as ‘Mr. Flowery Man’, with an attendant holding a sunshade. Inscribed: ‘naqsh-i faqir’….? Note: The earliest version of this drawings is among the paintings of the Fraser Albums (Falk and Archer 1989, no. 97), with a cover page identifying him as ‘Surdhaj, a Brahmin of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

137. Add Or 5475, f.18v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.18v
Title:
A Sikh Nanakpanthi ascetic. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘A Sikh ascetic.’ 17 by 12.5 cm. Inscribed (in Persian): ‘faqir.’ ‘Inscribed above:’ A Nanuck Punthee or follower of the Seick Devotee Nanuck, a Religious Mendicant.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

138. Add Or 5481

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5481
Title:
A naked ascetic mutilating himself with a knife.
Scope & Content:
A naked ascetic mutilating himself with a knife. Inscribed below (Hand A and B): ‘Un pauvre’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

139. Add Or 5490

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5490
Title:
A fakir carrying a parakeet in a cage.
Scope & Content:
A fakir carrying a parakeet in a cage. Inscribed below (Hand A and B): ‘Pauvre maure.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

140. Add Or 5494

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5494
Title:
A Saiva ascetic, with conch and morchal.
Scope & Content:
A Saiva ascetic, with conch and morchal. Inscribed below (Hand A and B): ‘Prêtre maure.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

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