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162. Add Or 4293
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4293
- Title:
- An island, with ships approaching, St. Helena most probably
- Scope & Content:
- An island, with ships approaching. The view of St. Helena by Lambert and Scott seems the ultimate origin here, with the waves added as in the engraving published by A. Hogg in 1783. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘St. Helena most probably.’ 104 by 427 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1790
- Extent:
- 1 Item
163. Add Or 4388
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4388
- Title:
- A design for an elephant howdah
- Scope & Content:
- A design for an elephant howdah. By a Kotah artist, c.1850. Inscribed in nagari: ‘ani praman hodo huvoh’ (‘front view(?) of an howdah’). Water-colour and body-colour; 117 by 186 mm. Purchased 1987. Note: The design seems fanciful, in the excess of its curls and swags and sleigh-like frontal...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
164. Add Or 4557
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4557
- Title:
- Radha and gopis in a peacock boat being steered by Krishna. Sambazar, Calcutta. Artist(s): Ganganarayan Ghosh (fl.1850s)
- Scope & Content:
- Radha and gopis in a peacock boat being steered by Krishna. Engraved in Bengali: ‘sri ganganarayana ghos sam, sambajar’ . By Ganganarayan Ghosh of Shambazar. 24.5 by 35 cm. Note: Compare Add.Or.1862, another version of the same subject by Gobindachandra Ray.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1850-1855
- Extent:
- 1 Item
165. Add Or 4564
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4564
- Title:
- The vision of Srimanta, a Bengali gentleman in a peacock boat, to whom appears the goddess Kamalekamini. Kombuleetola, Calcutta. Artist(s): Gupicharan Svarnakar (fl.1850s), after Navakrishna of Sobhabazar (fl.1850)
- Scope & Content:
- The vision of Shrimanta, a Bengali gentleman in a peacock boat, to whom appears the goddess Kamalekamini seated on a lotus rising from the waters with the infant Ganesh in her arms. Flowers, insects and butterflies all around. Engraved in Bengali: ‘sri nabakrsna sam. sobhabajar. sri sri kamal...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1850-1855
- Extent:
- 1 Item
166. Add Or 4647-4658
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4647-4658
- Title:
- 12 mica drawings from three different sets
- Scope & Content:
- 12 mica drawings from three different sets. By Benares or Patna artists, c.1880. Opaque water-colour on mica; 13.5 by 10; 15 by 10.5; and 13.5 by 18 cm. Presented 1992 by Dr Pym. Note: Comprising parts of sets of servants (2), castes (6), and transport (4), respectively.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1880
- Extent:
- 1 Item
167. Add Or 4711
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4711
- Title:
- Lord Hastings' flotilla on the river, with many pinnace budgerows. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
- Scope & Content:
- The flotilla on the river, with many pinnace budgerows (some with palanquins on their roofs), and beyond a small British station (Union flag) on the cliffs above; lots of people and smoke rising from a fire. Inscribed below: ‘The River Butar.- Ganges in the foreground with part of Lord Moira’s ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1814-1815
- Extent:
- 1 Item
168. Add Or 5004
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5004
- Title:
- An elephant gorgeously caparisoned bearing a howdah with a state chair, with a mahout.
- Scope & Content:
- An elephant gorgeously caparisoned bearing a howdah with a state chair, with a mahout. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour; 495 by 390 mm. Note: This and Add.Or.5010 below seem related to the caparisoned elephants drawn for Steuart & Co, Add.Or.535-7.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1820
- Extent:
- 1 Item
169. Add Or 5010
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5010
- Title:
- A caparisoned and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible
- Scope & Content:
- A caparison and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour; 502 by 433 mm. Note: see note under Add.Or.5004 above.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1820
- Extent:
- 1 Item
170. Add Or 5028
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5028
- Title:
- Common palanquin
- Scope & Content:
- Common palanquin Inscribed: ‘Common Palanqueen of the Country.’ 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