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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5562
Title:: A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right.
Scope & Content:: A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Whistony ou serviteur des pagodas.’ Note: cf. ‘Wistnouwaes’ in Hobson-Jobson under ‘Vaishnava.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5563
Title:: A Srivaisnava ascetic carrying a torch and an oil flask with which he is servicing a flame burning in a tall vessel.
Scope & Content:: A Srivaisnava ascetic carrying a torch and an oil flask with which he is servicing a flame burning in a tall vessel. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Thade? espèce de pauvre qui mêne du feux partout avec lui.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5564
Title:: A soldier with straight sword slung over his shoulder, dagger and a shield with a fish emblem.
Scope & Content:: A soldier with straight sword slung over his shoulder, dagger and a shield with a fish emblem. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Soldat môre.’.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5565
Title:: A woman weaving.
Scope & Content:: A woman weaving. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Femme du tisserent.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5566
Title:: A woman with a basket slung over left forearm and clappers in her right hand.
Scope & Content:: A woman with a basket slung over left forearm and clappers in her right hand. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Tatachy ou servante du pagode.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5567
Title:: A Saiva scribe, with a stylus in his right hand, a palm leaf in his left, and his bundle of leaves caught under his left arm.
Scope & Content:: A Saiva scribe, with a stylus in his right hand, a palm leaf in his left, and his bundle of leaves caught under his left arm. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Ecrivins.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 5568
Title:: A man seated on a mat gilding a rococo frame with his implements around him.
Scope & Content:: A man seated on a mat gilding a rococo frame with his implements around him. Inscribed below (Hand C): ‘Doreur’.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1780-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

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

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

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