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1. Add Or 373

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Add Or 373
Title:
Snake charmer
Scope & Content:
Snake-charmer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 676

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Add Or 676
Title:
Snake-charmers.
Scope & Content:
Snake-charmers. Inscribed: ‘A Group of Native Serpent Charmers. Nothing would give a Stranger a better idea of the reality than this representation.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3472

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Add Or 3472
Title:
A large yellow tiger, black-spotted except for stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
A large yellow ‘tiger’, black-spotted except for black stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock. Reproduced: M. Archer (1967), p.81. Note: The ‘tiger’ is here regarded as Baghut bonga (see Introduction to printed catalogue). For the Shahabad cult of Baghaut (a man w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3981

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3981
Title:
Chamelion on a branch
Scope & Content:
Chamelion on a branch. Water-colour; 184 by 222 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M Archer, ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings’ (London, 1967) no.49.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4179

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Add Or 4179
Title:
Krishna dancing on the snake Kaliya. One of 6 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities
Scope & Content:
Krishna dancing on the snake Kaliya.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4667

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4667
Title:
A pangolin or scaly anteater, from Lady Impey's collection. Artist(s): Zain al-Din, Shaikh (fl. c.1780)
Scope & Content:
A pangolin or scaly anteater walking towards the right, with a slight shadow against an otherwise unpainted paper ground. Each paw has five claws, with those on its front paws turned backwards as it walks. Its scales are brown and it has blue eyes. By the Calcutta artist Shaikh Zain al-Din, Cal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4984

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4984
Title:
Two lizards on a bank with a thistle.. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Two lizards on a bank with a thistle. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Sacesta Verticulatus.’ Water-colour; 298 by 441 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5008

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5008
Title:
A gherial or Gangetic crocodile face to face with a grass-hopper. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A gherial or Gangetic crocodile face to face with a grass-hopper. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Inscribed in pencil: ‘Lacerta gangetica or Gangetic Crocodile.’ Water-colour; 358 by 487 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 5037

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Add Or 5037
Title:
Snake catchers
Scope & Content:
Snake catchers Inscribed: ‘Snake catchers.’ The image is framed by a black border. The image continues outside of the frame. 24.2 by 19.7cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5377

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5377
Title:
The god Varuna riding on a makara.
Scope & Content:
The god Varuna riding on a makara. Inscribed below: ‘Varvonabahagavan on a Crocodile. 13.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item