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352. Add Or 4353
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- Add Or 4353
- Title:
- Brahmin ceremony:offerings of rice-balls, while the widow is clothed in a red sari
- Scope & Content:
- ‘No. 35. The Neetiah-Karmum Ceremony, which is performed every day for 9 days after the death of a Brahmin, by his eldest son or nearest relation.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1780-1786
- Extent:
- 1 Item
353. Add Or 4354
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4354
- Title:
- Brahmin ceremony: the release of a bull on the 11th day after tis death
- Scope & Content:
- ‘No. 36. The Ekahum Ceremony; performed by the Eldest son, on the 11th day after his Death.’ Note: The inscription below is that of the next picture, with the added note: ‘NB. This I think is wrongly described - I think it must be the next plate.’.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1780-1786
- Extent:
- 1 Item
354. Add Or 4356
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4356
- Title:
- Brahmin ceremony: ceremony of a woman burning herself with the corpse of her husband
- Scope & Content:
- ‘No. 38. Ceremony of a woman burning herself upon the same funeral pile, with the corpse of her husband.’ Inscribed below: ‘This should have been described as the last - a woman burning herself et’c.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1780-1786
- Extent:
- 1 Item
355. Add Or 4394
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4394
- Title:
- Procession of the ta'ziyas during the Muharram festival
- Scope & Content:
- Procession of the ‘ta‘ziyas’ during the Muharram festival. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Water Colour Drawing of an Indian Procession. By a Native Artist.’ Water-colour and body-colour on laid paper, 430 by 771 mm., within ruled black frames with a yellow surround, 499 by 800 mm. Note: A more ex...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Extent:
- 1 Item
356. Add Or 4395
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4395
- Title:
- Scene inside the brightly lit Imambara during the Muharram, with the Nawab (perhaps Babur 'Ali, 1793-1810) seated smoking a hookah
- Scope & Content:
- Scene inside the brightly lit Imambara during the Muharram, with the Nawab (perhaps Babar ‘Ali, 1793-18109) seated smoking a hookah. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Water Colour Drawing of an Indian Ceremonial. By a Native Artist.’ Water-colour and body-colour on laid paper, 426 by 777 mm., within r...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Extent:
- 1 Item
357. Add Or 4471
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4471
- Title:
- The Ramlila spectacle at Benares
- Scope & Content:
- The Ramlila spectacle, with Laksmana attacking a gigantic Ravana, monkeys and bears fighting the demons, and Rama and the monkey and bear chiefs directing operations, before a large audience including Bengal Army sepoys. By a Patna/Benares artist, c.1830-40. Body-colour on mica; 210 by 255 mm....
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1835-1840
- Extent:
- 1 Item
358. Add Or 4540
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4540
- Title:
- Imaginary funeral cortege of a dead priest
- Scope & Content:
- Imaginary funeral cortege of a dead priest, with the body of the priest on a catafalque with nats on each side, logs in a first chariot and an incense pot? in another. Inscribed in Burmese:. and in pencil:’ The Picture of the Coffin in which they put the priest that died at Tavoy.’ 40 by 50 ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1830-1855
- Extent:
- 1 Item
359. Add Or 4541
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4541
- Title:
- Mourning over a corpse
- Scope & Content:
- Mourning over a corpse. Inscribed in Burmese:. and in pencil:’ The picture of the wife, children & friends weeping over the body of the husband laid out before burial.’ 23.5 by 39.5 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1830-1855
- Extent:
- 1 Item
360. Add Or 4758
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4758
- Title:
- The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
- Scope & Content:
- The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara, with parties of imams reading the Koran, another in a wooden and gilt ‘minbar’, and a ‘Ta’zia’ beyond. The hall is brilliantly lit with coloured girandoles attached to the parapet beneath the ceiling, and by three rows of cha...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1814-1815
- Extent:
- 1 Item