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461. Add Or 5642

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5642
Title:
The Emperor Ahmad Shah hunting Deer with Ladies
Scope & Content:
Drawing with colour on paper, 400 by 620 mm. Provenance: Swiss private collection, acquired 1960s Inscriptions: Inscribed above the principal figure ‘Ahmad Shah Bahad[ur] Ba[d]shah ibn Muhammad Shah Badshah’ (‘The Emperor Ahmad Shah son of the Emperor Muhammad Shah’) The young emperor crouc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

462. Add Or 5694

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5694
Title:
Portrait of Shah 'Alam II seated on a throne overlooking the River Ganges
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the Mughal emperor Shah 'Alam (1759-1806) seated in profile on a golden throne under a golden umbrella. Mughal, Patna, after Dip Chand, 1764. Opaque watercolour with gold on paper. 19.5 x 14.7 cm Inscribed in black in on the reverse: 'This picture given me by Hugh Acland 1764 F....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 Item

463. Add Or 5709

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5709
Title:
The Emperor Shah 'Alam (1759-1806)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the Mughal emperor Shah 'Alam (1759-1806) seated in profile on a golden throne under a golden umbrella. Opaque watercolour with gold on paper. 19.5 x 14.7 cm Inscribed in black in on the reverse: 'This picture given me by Hugh Acland 1764 F.T.H. (?)' Purchased in March 2010. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 Item

464. Add Or 5721

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5721
Title:
Portrait of Sharafat Mahal seated holding a necklace of pearls taken from a jewel box. Artist(s): Amir al-Din (fl.1850)
Scope & Content:
Half length of Sharafat Mahal seated holding a necklace of pearls taken from a jewel box By Amir al-Din, c. 1850, after an original by Muhammad Fazl Watercolour on ivory, 87 x 689 mm. Inscribed: Front: Portrait of Asrafat Mahal wife of Akbar From original by Mahommed Faizul by his pupil A...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

465. Add Or 5722

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5722
Title:
Rao Arjun Singh worshipping Sri Brijnathji in a rose garden
Scope & Content:
Rao Arjun Singh worshipping Sri Brijnathji in a rose garden Kotah, 1720-25 Inscribed on reverse in Rajasthani (nagari): 'Sri Braijainathai ji gulabai bagai ma birajai cha...[hidden under repairs] (a possible interpretation is 'Shri Brijnath Ji is in the Rose Garden in Braj' bearing in mind th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1720-25
Extent:
1 Item

466. Add Or 5723

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5723
Title:
An equestrian portrait perhaps depicting Ikhlas Khan
Scope & Content:
An equestrian portrait perhaps depicting Ikhlas Khan Golconda (India), circa 1670-80 Opaque watercolour with gold on paper; cracked, some flaking and losses, pasted down on card 22.5 by 15.8 cm. Purchased 20 March 2013 Malik Raihan Habshi, a Habshi or African noble of Abyssinian descent in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1680
Extent:
1 Item

467. Add Or 5726

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5726
Title:
Lieutenant Gervase Pennington, 3rd Bengal Horse Artillery. Artist(s): Jivan Ram, Raja (fl. 1825-1840)
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant Gervase Pennington, 3rd Bengal Horse Artillery By Jivan Ram, Meerut or Delhi, 1826. Gouache on ivory. 16 by 11.5 cm. Purchased November 2013. This is set in an interior with a view to a landscape outside through arched embrasures. Pennington adopts a military swagger pose with o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
1 Item

468. BLWA 141

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 141
Title:
Hilary Mantel (b. 1952). Artist(s): Lord, Nick (b.1988)
Scope & Content:
Hilary Mantel (b. 1952) is the author of the Booker Award-winning trilogy about Thomas Cromwell (c. 1485-1540): Wolf Hall (2009), Bring Up the Bodies (2012) and The Mirror & the Light (2020). She is the first and only living writer to have a portrait displayed at British Library. Both artist...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2013
Extent:
1 Item

469. EAP760/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP760/1
Title:
The Tīrthalāl Naghabhanī Archive (TLA)
Scope & Content:
This collection contains the following 6 series: EAP760/1/1: Candannāth Papers, 1867-1918 EAP760/1/2: Tīrthalāl Collection (TLC) [The Family and the Regime], 1763-1968 EAP760/1/3: Financial Transactions, 1860-1983 EAP760/1/4: Photographs, 1989-1996 EAP760/1/5: Family Collection (TLF), 1125-1996 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Hindi, Maithili, Nepali, Newari, Newari, Classical, Not applicable, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1125-2006
Extent:
11039 TIFF images

470. EAP760/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP760/1/4
Title:
The Tīrthalāl Naghabhanī Archive (TLA): Photographs
Scope & Content:
Tīrthalāl’s Photos (TL_Photos): This collection includes photographs by Tīrthalāl. These mostly black & white photographs mainly feature various monuments and architecture, shrines and idols of deities, and cultural events in and around Old Kathmandu. It reflects Tīrthalāl’s interest in hist...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989-1996
Extent:
1019 TIFF images

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