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1931. Add Or 4301

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Add Or 4301
Title:
Two tumblers and a woman contortionist, with a troupe-leader and a drummer
Scope & Content:
Two tumblers and a woman contortionist, with a troupe-leader and a drummer. The tumblers are linked and turning over and over, the woman is extracting a hook from a pool of water using only her nose. By a Trichinopoly (Tanjore?) artist, 1780-86. Inscribed on an accompanying cover sheet: ‘26. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1786
Extent:
1 Item

1932. Add Or 4307

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Add Or 4307
Title:
A drawing composed of different Indian types based on the work of François Baltazard Solvyns
Scope & Content:
A drawing composed of different Indian types based on the work of François Baltazard Solvyns. Five figures standing or sitting on the bank of the River Hooghly, with a sloop on the river behind and the city on the opposite bank. By a Calcutta artist, c.1800. Water-colour and body-colour; 430 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

1933. Add Or 4357

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4357
Title:
A man ironing. Artist(s): Zain al-'Abidin (fl. 1840s)
Scope & Content:
A man ironing, a pot of coals and a tongs beside his table. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Washerman’, and in Urdu: ‘haqr Zain al-‘Abidin musavvir; istriwala dhobi’. Water-colour heightened with white; 146 by 116 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

1934. Add Or 4358

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4358
Title:
A cook. Artist(s): Zain al-'Abidin (fl. 1840s)
Scope & Content:
A cook, holding a grid-iron and a spit-iron. Inscribed below: ‘Cook’; and ‘Zain al-‘Abidin musavvir; bavarci’. Water-colour heightened with white; 151 by 110 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

1935. Add Or 4359

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4359
Title:
A water-carrier. Artist(s): Zain al-'Abidin (fl. 1840s)
Scope & Content:
A water-carrier, pouring water from his skin into a bowl. Inscribed below: ‘Water Carrier;’ and ‘ Zain al-‘Abidin musavvir.’ Water-colour heightened with white; 143 by 117 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

1936. Add Or 4360

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4360
Title:
A grass-cutter. Artist(s): Zain al-'Abidin (fl. 1840s)
Scope & Content:
A grass-cutter, bearing a load of grass on his head, with a rake over his shoulder and a cutting knife and a forked sticj in his other hand. Inscribed below: ‘Grasscutter;’ and ‘Zain al-‘Abidin’. Water-colour heightened with white; 146 by 116 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

1937. Add Or 4363

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4363
Title:
The Sheep Eater; seven stages in a man's consumption of a sheep, illustrated in consecutive sequence
Scope & Content:
The Sheep Eater; seven stages in a man’s consumption of a sheep, illustrated in consecutive sequence from right to left. Only the ground is shaded while the sky is left blank. By a Calcutta artist, c.1795-1800. Inscribed above in ink: ‘Jura Geer Berah Geer the famous Sheep Eater from Surong ne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1938. Add Or 4371

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4371
Title:
A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives.
Scope & Content:
A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives. In the upper pair, the man, who wears a red Maratha turban, wears the ‘tilaka’ of the Tenkalai Shri-Vaishnavas, of white, U-shaped, extending downwards onto the nose, and a flame-like yellow ‘bindu’ within. His wife has a si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

1939. Add Or 4372

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4372
Title:
Four individual heads: Above, a Marwari in purple turban and his richly bejewelled wife. Below, a barber in a red turban with a Tenkalai tilaka and his wife.
Scope & Content:
Four individual heads: Above, a Marwari in purple turban and his richly bejewelled wife. Inscribed in pencil: ‘No. 1 Maharwadi No. 1 Wife’. Below, a barber in a red turban with a Tenkalai ‘tilaka’ and his wife. Inscribed in pencil: ‘No. 3 Barber No. 3 His Wife.’. Inscribed in ink opposite: ‘...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

1940. Add Or 4374

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4374
Title:
Two individual heads.Inscribed: No. 5 Housekeeper No. 5 his wife.
Scope & Content:
Two individual heads. Inscribed: ‘No. 5 Housekeeper No. 5 his wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

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