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Reference (shelfmark):: WD2522
Title:: A Kulu fair. Artist(s): Harcourt, Alfred Frederick Pollock (1836-1910)
Scope & Content:: A Kulu fair. c.1869. Pencil and water-colour; 14 by 20 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1869
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2796
Title:: View of mountains from Narkanda (Punjab States); a cairn with prayer flags in the foreground. 26 October 1847. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:: View of mountains from Narkanda; a cairn with prayer flags in the foreground. 26 October 1847. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Huttoo from the 1st Bungalow, Nagkundah October 26th 1847.’ Pencil; 7 by 10.5 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1847
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2797
Title:: View of mountains from Narkanda (Punjab States); a cairn with prayer flags in the foreground. 27 October 1847. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:: View of mountains from Narkanda; a cairn with prayer flags in the foreground. 27 October 1847. Inscribed on back in ink with notes. Water-colour; 9 by 12.75 ins. Note: An enlargement of 2796.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1847
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2923
Title:: Sati, Poona. Inscribed in James Wales’ hand: 'No 2. This is a representation by Mr Mabon of the Suttee which was seen from the bungelo at the Sungum from the bank of the Moota the 18th July, 1792 being Wednesday..'. Artist(s): Mabon, Robert (fl. 1791-1798)
Scope & Content:: ‘Sati’, Poona. Inscribed in James Wales’ hand: ‘No 2. This is a representation by Mr Mabon of the Suttee which was seen from the bungelo at the Sungum from the bank of the Moota the 18th July, 1792 being Wednesday. This design should have had Camels & Horses introduced as there really wer...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1792
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3061
Title:: 'The Maharana’s barge at the spring festival of Gangur, Udaipur'. Artist(s): Kilburn, Denys (1899-1973)
Scope & Content:: ‘The Maharana’s barge at the spring festival of Gangur, Udaipur’. 36.5 by 52 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1923-1942
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3232
Title:: 'The Burning Ghats. Benares. India. October 1878'. Artist(s): North, Marianne (1830-1890)
Scope & Content:: ‘The Burning Ghats. Benares. India. October 1878’. 33.5 by 35.5 cm. Note: ‘Recollections’, II, pp.38, 88.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1878
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3280
Title:: Inscribed on reverse: 'The Kôt at Katmandoo during the Dussera'. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:: Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Kôt at Katmandoo during the Dussera’. Water-colour; 37.8 by 50 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1850-1863
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3665
Title:: Temple festival. Inscribed on reverse: 'Both sides - procession of the God. Nanganeri, Tinnevelly, 1931'. Artist(s): Maher, Anne Teresa Prideaux (b. 1906)
Scope & Content:: Temple festival. Inscribed: ‘A.T.P. Payne 1932’ and on reverse: ‘Both sides - procession of the God. Nanganeri, Tinnevelly, 1931. This is the god’s car’. Water-colour and chalk; 40 by 29.3 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1932
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3699
Title:: Religious procession, Sikkim or Nepal. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)
Scope & Content:: Religious procession, Sikkim or Nepal. Pencil and water-colour; 25 by 35 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1909-1929
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3772
Title:: Unpublished drawing by D’Oyly for his humorous poem 'Tom Raw the Griffin'. The image of Durga being cast in to the Hooghly at the end of the Durga Puja festival. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:: The image of Durga being cast in to the Hooghly at the end of the Durga Puja festival. Water-colour; 16.7 by 23 cm. Note: Illustration to Canto 7, lines 3933-3941
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1820
Extent:: 1 Item

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