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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3367
Title:: Courtesan with tambura.. Artist(s): Nibaran Chandra Ghosh (c.1835-1930)
Scope & Content:: Courtesan with ‘tambura.’ 510 by 330 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3376
Title:: A courtesan playing on a tabla. Kansaripura Art Studio. Artist(s): Kansaripura Art Studio (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:: A Kalighat-type chromolithograph depicting a courtesan playing on a ‘tabla.’ Printed at the Kansaripara Art Studio, 26, Kristo Das Pal’s Lane, Calcutta; 450 by 350 mm. Lettered in Bengali: ‘nalini sundari.’ Purchased by W.G. Archer in Kalighat, 1932. Purchased 1974. Note: Colour lithogr...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1930
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3808
Title:: A young lady
Scope & Content:: A young lady. Marwar, c.1840. Presented by Lady Fermor, February 1975. Drawing on paper with touches of colour; pounced. 152 by 116 mm. A lady is seated at a window, facing left and holding a cup.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3813
Title:: Girl with a parakeet
Scope & Content:: Girl with a parakeet. Bikaner, c.1750. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975 (purchased from Ishwari Prasad, Patna, March 1948). Inscribed on reverse: ‘portrait of Joda bhai’; monogram ‘M.S’. with initials ‘I.S.’(?) beneath. Drawing; borders of tinted paper. 145 by 69 mm; page 255 by 1...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1750
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3814
Title:: A girl dancing
Scope & Content:: A girl dancing 296 by 190 mm. The girl dances and holds a sword and small black buckler; two rams in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1860
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3815
Title:: Two girls posing
Scope & Content:: Two girls posing. 190 by 287 mm. One girl clasps her hands over her head, the other raises her foot as if to remove a thorn.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1860
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3822
Title:: A lady feeding a parrot. Artist(s): Chandu Lal, of Rajol (fl.1966)
Scope & Content:: A lady feeding a parrot. By Chandu Lal of Rajol, Kangra, 1966. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Raina Chandu Lal musavvir Rajol mavarkha 4.1.66’ (Raina Chandu Lal, painter, Rajol, dated 4.1.66). Gouache; decorated black and pink borders. 220 by 1...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1966
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3828
Title:: The goddess Durga, eight-armed standing on her tiger.. Artist(s): Vaini Devi (fl. 1970s)
Scope & Content:: The goddess Durga, eight-armed, standing on her tiger. By Vaini Devi, a Maithil Brahmin woman from the household of Vinod Jha, Madhubani district, Bihar, June 1973. 750 by 550 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1973
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3829
Title:: Rama and Lakshmana armed with bows and arrows leaving for the forest.. Artist(s): Sita Devi (fl. 1970s)
Scope & Content:: Rama and Laksmana armed with bows and arrows leaving for the forest, above them Sita. To their rear, a massive figure bidding them farewell. By Sita Devi, a Maithil Brahmin woman of village Jitwarpur, Madhubani district, Bihar, July 1974. 755 by 560 mm. Note: This is possibly Visvamitra takin...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1974
Extent:: 1 Item

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