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202. Add MS 81806(1)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 81806(1)
- Title:
- Portrait of 'John Strange Winter' (Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer). Photographer: Barraud, Herbert Rose
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders right profile portrait of the author and journalist Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard (1856-1911), née Palmer, one of whose pseudonyms was John Strange Winter. Portrait, with accompanying biographical letterpress, extracted from volume 3 of 'Men and...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1890
- Extent:
- 1 item
203. Add Or 356
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 356
- Title:
- A girl braiding her hair
- Scope & Content:
- A girl braiding her hair. Murshidabad, c.1770. Purchased March 1958. Inscribed incorrectly on a slip of paper in Urdu pasted on the reverse: ‘4,’ ‘chaharom, sri raga’ (4, fourth, ‘Sri Raga).’ Gouache with gold; on album pages with pink, blue, and plain borders sprinkled with gold; from the s...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Extent:
- 1 Item
204. Add Or 735
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 735
- Title:
- An Indian lady, 'Muttubby', seated on a chair smoking a hookah with the river Ganges behind her. Artist(s): Dip Chand (fl.c.1764)
- Scope & Content:
- An Indian lady. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Muttubby. W.F. 1764.’ 209 by 131 mm; page 239 by 162 mm. Reproduced: Losty (1986), 65; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 28. The lady sits on a European chair, smoking a hookah which is placed on a European side-table before her. In the background is the rive...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1764
- Extent:
- 1 Item
205. Add Or 943
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 943
- Title:
- Swinging in a zenana.
- Scope & Content:
- Swinging; six women are swinging inside a room while other women sing. Inscribed: ‘The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins’; also’ No.’2 ‘The’ ‘interior amusement of the Swing. Female attendants singing.’ 11.75 by 18 in.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1795-1800
- Extent:
- 1 Item
206. Add Or 944
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 944
- Title:
- Zenana scene, women playing pachisi and dressing themselves
- Scope & Content:
- Zenana scene; women sitting on a rug, playing ‘pachisi’ and dressing themselves. Inscribed: ‘No.10. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins’; also’ Ladies playing at Pachecia. The dress of women of distinction. Shoes.’ 11.75 by 20 ins.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1795-1800
- Extent:
- 1 Item
207. Add Or 945
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 945
- Title:
- Princess Zinat Afza Begum. Artist(s): Aqil Khan (fl. 1760)
- Scope & Content:
- Princess Zinat Afza Begam. By ‘Aqil Khan, Mughal, c.1760. Purchased June 1959. Signed on bottle in Persian: ‘‘Aqil Khan’; inscribed on reverse; ‘shabih-i zinat afza begam’ (a likeness of Zinat Afza Begam). Gouache with gold; on an album page with red and green borders sprinkled with gold. 1...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Extent:
- 1 Item
208. Add Or 1038
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 1038
- Title:
- Four women paying a visit to an ascetic
- Scope & Content:
- A visit to an ascetic. Mughal, c.1740. Presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘From Dr Fleming’ (repeated on reverse); on reverse in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i dal chand’ (the work of Dal Chand); numbered ‘14’. Gouache; mauve border. 107 by 145 mm; page 146 by 187 mm. Rev...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1740
- Extent:
- 1 Item
209. Add Or 1050
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 1050
- Title:
- A princess
- Scope & Content:
- A princess. Mughal, c.1760. Inscribed on reverse: A ‘daughter of Alumgir’. Gouache; oval with uncoloured spandrels; grey paper border. 99 by 94 mm; page 223 by 160 mm. A princess shown half-length facing right, holds a bunch of pink flowers. Her hair is arranged in European style tied with...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Extent:
- 1 Item
210. Add Or 1057
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 1057
- Title:
- A lady
- Scope & Content:
- A lady. Mughal, c.1760. Inscribed above in Persian:’ nur jahan’; on reverse in English: ‘Nur Jehan whose husband was murdered by Jehangir and she taken into the Haram.’ Drawing; mounted on paper; border of grey paper. 113 by 84 mm; page 224 by 158 mm. A lady, facing right, stands holding a ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Extent:
- 1 Item