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421. Add Or 5342

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Add Or 5342
Title:
An Indian lady dressed in rich brocades reclining on a chaise longue, fondling a lap dog.
Scope & Content:
An Indian lady dressed in rich brocades seated on a chaise-longue upholstered in yellow chintz, holding a King Charles Spaniel in her arms. Behind two columns are draped in red curtain swags, with an open landscape beyond. By a Patna artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour on ivory; 135 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

422. Add Or 5355

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Add Or 5355
Title:
Full-length standing portrait of Lord Lake (1744-1808), Commander-in-Chief in India 1801-05, and again (after the brief Cornwallis period) 1805-07. By a Lucknow artist, after a portrait by George Place. Artist(s): Place, George (c.1760-1805), after
Scope & Content:
Full-length standing portrait of Lord Lake (1744-1808), Commander-in-Chief in India 1801-05, and again (after the brief Cornwallis period) 1805-07. Lake is standing holding with his right hand the hilt of his sword, which is still in its scabbard and attached to the belt on his right side, whil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

423. Add Or 5464

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Add Or 5464
Title:
Maharaja Narain Singh of Benares (reg. 1795-1835)
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Maharaja Udit Narain Singh of Benares (reg. 1795-1835), son of Raja Balwant Singh. He sits among cushions, a hookah snake in his hand, and a distinctively wide turban on his head, in three-quarter view, looking out at the viewer. By a Patna artist, 1818-19. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘mahar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1818-1819
Extent:
1 Item

424. Add Or 5465

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Add Or 5465
Title:
Prince Sukhdev with his bride seated on a terrace on their wedding night.
Scope & Content:
Prince Sukhdev with his bride. A couple are seated on a terrace before a pavilion; he delicately pulls at the lady’s veil, while she bashfully resists. Garlands suggest that this is a post-wedding scene. A two-light standing girandole of blue glass lights the terrace (although it is not nigh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

425. Add Or 5466

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Add Or 5466
Title:
Portrait of the boy Maharaja Prithi Singh Raja of Jaipur(1767-78). Artist(s): Hirai (fl. 1770)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Prithvi Singh Raja of Jaipur (1767-78). The boy ruler (b. 1763), dressed in a purple ‘jama’ and turban, with a red and gold turban band and an emerald sarpech, stands facing right. By the Rajasthan/Jaipur artist Hirai, 1770. Inscribed on reverse in ‘Devanagari’: ‘sabi Maharajadhi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770
Extent:
1 Item

426. Add Or 5467

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Add Or 5467
Title:
Portrait of Raja Ugar Sen of Suket (1839-76) seated in his palace with courtiers.
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Raja Ugar Sen of Suket (1838-76) with courtiers and attendants seated in a palace. Ugar Sen is smoking a hookah, while four seated men appear to be engaged in discussion. The Raja and one of those seated wear Sikh costume, with a loose flowing turban. Behind the Raja, a hawk sits ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845-1850
Extent:
1 Item

427. Add Or 5468

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Add Or 5468
Title:
Divinities being worshipped by the Hara clans.
Scope & Content:
Divinities being worshipped by the Hara clans. By a Rajasthan/Kotah artist, c.1800. Brush drawing with watercolour; 241 by 174 mm. Purchased 2002. Note: The deities on the left side are perhaps meant to be the triad of Krishna as Brijrajji, with two gopis, which are peculiarly associated ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

428. Add Or 5474

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Add Or 5474
Title:
Mordaunt Ricketts, Resident in Lucknow at the Court of Avadh 1822-30, half length portrait in the uniform of the political service, wearing two portraits of Nawab and King Nasir-al Din round his neck.
Scope & Content:
Miniature portrait on ivory of Mordaunt Ricketts, Resident at the Court of Lucknow 1822-30. Ricketts is the dark blue uniform of the political service, while suspended by a broad ribbon round his neck is a large miniature portrait of Nasir al-Din, Nawab and King of Oudh 1827-37, with a smaller o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1827-1830
Extent:
1 Item

429. Add Or 5475, f.17

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Add Or 5475, f.17
Title:
The Emperor Bahadur Shah,. done in 1844 From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Oval bust portrait of the Emperor Bahadur Shah II, within a page of illumination. Oval 8.5 cm high; page 18 by 14 cm. ‘Inscribed above:’ Abu Zafar Siraj al-Din Muhammad Bahadur Shah Padshah Ghazi. ‘Inscribed below:’ The Emperor Bahadoor Shah 1844. Reproduced: C.T. Metcalfe, ‘Two Native Na...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 Item

430. Add Or 5475, f.17v

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Add Or 5475, f.17v
Title:
Zinat Mahal Begum. the favourite queen of the Emperor Bahadur Shah. Photograph pased in after 1857 in the 'Metcalfe Album.'
Scope & Content:
The wife of the King of Delhi at the time of the Mutiny 1857. Photograph; 10.5 by 7 cm. Note: Zinat Mahal Begum, the favourite queen. This was presumably acquired by Metcalfe’s son, Sir John Theophilus Metcalfe (1828-83), who was Magistrate at Delhi in 1857, and pasted in at that time. ‘We ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 Item

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