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2211. Add Or 5607

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Title:
A visit to a Shaivite hermitage.
Scope & Content:
A visit to a Shaivite hermitage. Murshidabad, c.1760s 250 x 267 mm; page 298 x 413 mm Two women and a small child have travelled in a palanquin to visit a group of ascetics at their hut. They present gifts and offerings to the ascetics.One of the ascetics, a woman, smoking a hookah, leans on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1760s
Extent:
1 Item

2212. Add Or 5608

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Add Or 5608
Title:
Purana Puri, a faqir in the position of 'urdhabahus'
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the faqir, Purana Puri, with his arms upraised in the position of 'urdhabahus.' Company school, 18 August 1820. Watercolour on paper Dimensions: 451 x 342 mm A faqir holding his arms over his head in penance while seated on a wood and leopard skin throne. This portrait of the faq...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

2213. Add Or 5609

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Add Or 5609
Title:
A faqir reclining on his thorn couch (kantaka-sayya)
Scope & Content:
A faqir reclining on his thorn couch (kantaka-sayya) Company school, c. 1820 Watercolour on paper Dimensions: 324 x 451 mm This portrait of the faqir is based on an original watercolour produced by an unknown artist approximately during the period 1788-1795 for Jonathan Duncan in Benares. Du...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

2214. Add Or 5639

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Add Or 5639
Title:
The Children of Sir John and Lady Login with their Ayah and Indian playmate
Scope & Content:
The children of Sir John and Lady Login with their ayah and Indian playmate. Watercolour on ivory. 9.5 x 13 cm Inscribed on reverse: Edward William Spencer Login b. 1843 Lena Nargaret Cambell Login b.1845 Louisa Marion d'Arcy Logn b. 1846 Painted by an Indian artist. Sir John Spencer Lo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

2215. Add Or 5643

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Add Or 5643
Title:
A Mandarin wearing dark blue brocade robes seated on a chair.
Scope & Content:
A Mandarin wearing dark blue brocade robes. He is seated on an ornate chair. Beside him is a table with flowers in a vase and a box. Add.Or.5643-5653 11 paintings of Mandarins and their wives. Signed on inside cover, ‘Matilda Robinson December 21st 1835 Calcutta’. Rev. C.W. McDouall’s card is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 Item

2216. Add Or 5644

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Add Or 5644
Title:
A Mandarin wearing yellow and dark blue brocade robes seated on a stool, holding a pocket watch.
Scope & Content:
A Mandarin seated on a stool with no back rest, wearing yellow and dark blue brocade robes, holding up a pocket watch. Beside him is a table on which a vase with flowers and a box rests. At the base of the stool is a green container. Add.Or.5643-5653 11 paintings of Mandarins and their wives. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 Item

2217. Add Or 5645

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Add Or 5645
Title:
Wife of a Mandarin holding a sceptre
Scope & Content:
A wife of a Mandarin, wearing colourful brocade clothing and seated on a chair. She holds a scetper, perhaps made of jade i nher hands. Behind her is a table with a vase and other ornaments on the top. Add.Or.5643-5653 11 paintings of Mandarins and their wives. Signed on inside cover, ‘Matilda...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 Item

2218. Add Or 5646

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Add Or 5646
Title:
A Mandarin seated wearing brocade clothes
Scope & Content:
A Mandarin, seated on an ornate chair, the back of which is covered in orange and green fabric. The Mandarin wears colourful brocade clothes and has a rectangular table holding a vase and a box on top, next to him. Add.Or.5643-5653 11 paintings of Mandarins and their wives. Signed on inside co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 Item

2219. Add Or 5647

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Add Or 5647
Title:
Wife of a Mandarin
Scope & Content:
Wife of a Mandarin, holding a feather fan and wearing colourful brocade clothes, with a dragon on the chest. The woman sits on a high backed green chair with a orange and black fabric drapped over. Behind the woman is a small wooden table with a vase, holding flowers and a bowl. Add.Or.5643-565...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 Item

2220. Add Or 5648

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Add Or 5648
Title:
A Mandarin wearing brocade clothing
Scope & Content:
A Mandarin, wearing blue brocade clothing, decorated with dragons. The man is standing up and has a long string of pearls around his neck. He is holding a red pearl in between his fingers at his waist. Add.Or.5643-5653 11 paintings of Mandarins and their wives. Signed on inside cover, ‘Matilda...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 Item

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