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91. Add Or 3795

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Add Or 3795
Title:
Flintlock and matchlock gun of Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu. Artist(s): Brij Mohan Lal (fl. 1893-1905)
Scope & Content:
Flintlock and matchlock gun of Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu. Length of gun 5 ft 1.5 ins. Gun inscribed in Gurumukhi:’ May the timeless one be praised. Gulab Singh.’. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Plate XXVII. Fig.15.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1905
Extent:
1 Item

92. Add Or 3796

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Add Or 3796
Title:
Flintlock gun of Maharaja Randhir Singh of Kapurthala. Artist(s): Brij Mohan Lal (fl. 1893-1905)
Scope & Content:
Flintlock gun of Maharaja Randhir Singh of Kapurthala (1852-70). [Ranbir Singh of J & K?] Length of gun 5 ft 6.5 ins. Gun inscribed in Hindi: ‘Sri Maharaja Ranbir Singh Bahadur.’ Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Plate XXVIII. Fig.16.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1905
Extent:
1 Item

93. Add Or 3797

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3797
Title:
Matchlock gun of Nawab Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan.. Artist(s): Brij Mohan Lal (fl. 1893-1905)
Scope & Content:
Matchlock gun of Nawab Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan. Afghan stock. Length of gun 5 ft 6 ins. Gun inscribed in Persian: ‘Sarkar Nawab Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan.’ Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Plate XXIX. Fig.34.’ Note: Sarfaraz Khan was Nawab of Bengal 1739-40.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1905
Extent:
1 Item

94. Add Or 3824

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Add Or 3824
Title:
Two Muslim figures with sword-sticks.
Scope & Content:
Two Muslim figures with sword-sticks and shields indulging in mock fighting at the Muharram festival; a drummer in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

95. Add Or 3829

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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

96. Add Or 3922

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Add Or 3922
Title:
A Maratha horseman slashing with a sword
Scope & Content:
A Maratha horseman slashing with a sword at a foot-soldier while another lies decapitated on the ground. Inscribed on back: ‘A Mahrattar Horseman’ and numbered: ‘38.’. 254 by 184 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 Item

97. Add Or 3943

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Add Or 3943
Title:
Silver mace-bearer
Scope & Content:
Silver mace-bearer (‘chobdar’). Inscribed: ‘Chaubdar’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

98. Add Or 3986

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Add Or 3986
Title:
Elephant climbing rocky hillside; an Indian gentleman firing a gun from the howdah
Scope & Content:
Elephant climbing rocky hillside; an Indian gentleman firing a gun from the howdah. In front of him a seated mahout, behind him a standing attendant.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

99. Add Or 3987

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3987
Title:
Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah
Scope & Content:
Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah; an attendant seated behind him, a second attendant standing on the elephant’s hind-quarters.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

100. Add Or 4026

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4026
Title:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, seated on a European-style settee holding a sword
Scope & Content:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Lucknow (1775-97), seated on a European-style settee holding a sword, the sharpness of which he tests with his thumb. By a Lucknow artist, c.1790. Gouache; 235 by 160 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: The painting is probably a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

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