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51. Add Or 5475, f.59v(1-12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.59v(1-12)
Title:
A panorama in 12 folds showing the procession of the Emperor Bahadur Shah to celebrate the feast of the 'Id. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
A panorama in 12 folds showing the procession of the Emperor to celebrate the feast of the ‘Id. Each section ‘ca.’ 12.5 by 19 cm. (1-2) Elephants and horses with standards. Camel outriders letting off fireworks. Hounds and their keeper. Inscribed: ‘His Majesty the King of Dehli proceeding ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

52. Add Or 5475, f.61v(a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.61v(a)
Title:
Elephant with a howdah. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Elephant with a howdah. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i fil gadi bardar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

53. Add Or 5475, f.62(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.62(b)
Title:
An elephant wihtits young. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
An elephant with its young. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i fil va bachcha.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

54. Add Or 5575

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5575
Title:
Maharaja Sher Singh of the Punjab (reg. 1841-43) and his son Partap Singh (1831-43) riding on elephants with royal umbrellas, in a procession with his court and retainers. In the background is the Guru Granth Saheb is being carried on an elephant.
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Sher Singh of the Punjab (reg. 1841-43) and his son Partap Singh (1831-43) riding on elephants with royal umbrellas, in a procession with his court and retainers. In the background is the Guru Granth Saheb being carried on an elephant with an attendant waving a flywhisk, and the Mahara...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

55. Add Or 5577

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5577
Title:
Malkos Raga from the dispersed 'Boston Ragamala'
Scope & Content:
Malkos raga, from the so-called ‘Boston Ragamala’ In vertical format, the usual three tiers of this series include an elephant fight at the bottom outside the palace wall; a pillared room in the palace where the princely hero sits with the heroine in his lap accepting ‘pan’ from a female atten...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1695-1700
Extent:
1 Item

56. Add Or 5603

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5603
Title:
Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur riding in procession atop an elephant. Artist(s): Shivalal (fl.1860s-1880s)
Scope & Content:
Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur riding in a procession atop an elephant Attributed to Shivalal, Udaipur, 1888-89 Numbered 19/38 on the reverse, with a valuation (Rs. 30) and an inscription: tasabir maharanaji sri 108 sri Fate Singh ji. It is also dated (top right corner), 1945 (samvat). Image...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1888-89
Extent:
1 Item

57. Johnson 3,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,3
Title:
Elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) attributed to
Scope & Content:
An elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Attributed to Mir Kalan Khan, Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 49 in Persian inventory note (inscription partly erased). Gouache with gold; gold and silver borders. 173 by 253 mm; page 250 by 378 mm. The elepha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

58. Johnson 3,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,6
Title:
Man trampled by an elephant
Scope & Content:
A man trampled by an elephant. Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with touches of colour and gold. 161 by 144 mm; page 405 by 292 mm. An elephant tramples upon a man, the mahout raising his goad above his head as if...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

59. Johnson 63,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 63,1
Title:
Elephant with mahout
Scope & Content:
An elephant with mahout, drummer and standard-bearer on its back. Inscribed: ‘An Elephant & Naggur.’ Wash; 8 by 9.25 ins. Note: A ‘Naggur’ ‘(nagara)’ is a form of large drum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1787
Extent:
1 Item

60. Johnson 36,25v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,25v
Title:
Elephants standing in water
Scope & Content:
Reverse: eight elephants standing in water are inscribed with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses; the Persian identification is written on the sail of a ship which is manned by European sailors and has a lion for a figurehead.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

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