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Title:
Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
Scope & Content:
Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
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A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
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1 Item

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Title:
Maker of hookah-bases and his kiln
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Maker of hookah -bases and his kiln. Inscribed: ‘22. Bhauties Goor Goories. (Oven for Goor Goories.)’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Man selling hookah bases to a customer
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Man selling hookah-bases to a customer. Inscribed: ‘34. Goor Goorey Batchanawallah. (a Man Selling Goor Goorey).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Seller of hookah mouth-pieces
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Seller of hookah mouth-pieces.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Hookah bearer
Scope & Content:
Hookah bearer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Hookah-snake maker (?)
Scope & Content:
Hookah-snake maker(?). 4.75 by 8 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Hookah-bearer
Scope & Content:
Hookah-bearer. Inscribed: ‘Hookah badar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

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An Indian lady, 'Muttubby', seated on a chair smoking a hookah with the river Ganges behind her. Artist(s): Dip Chand (fl.c.1764)
Scope & Content:
An Indian lady. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Muttubby. W.F. 1764.’ 209 by 131 mm; page 239 by 162 mm. Reproduced: Losty (1986), 65; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 28. The lady sits on a European chair, smoking a hookah which is placed on a European side-table before her. In the background is the rive...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Ashraf 'Ali Khan seated on a chair smoking a hookah with the river Ganges behind him. Artist(s): Dip Chand (fl.c.1764)
Scope & Content:
Ashraf ‘Ali Khan. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Ushrofully Cann. W.F. 1764.’ 220 by 149 mm; page 239 by 169 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.86; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 27. Ashraf ‘Ali Khan sits cross-legged on a European chair, smoking a hookah which is placed in a European side-table. In t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 Item