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Title:
Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
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Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
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1 Item

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Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
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A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1820
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1 Item

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Title:
Dancing-girl and four musicians
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Dancing-girl and four musicians. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Same boll’ (cymbal?) ‘with dancing Girl’; in Tamil: ‘taci’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
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1 Item

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Title:
Dancing-girls and musicians
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Dancing-girls and musicians. Inscribed: ‘‘Kunchinee’ or Dancing Girls.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1828
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1 Item

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Title:
Male dancer with singer and drummer
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Male dancer with singer and drummer. Inscribed: ‘74. Paworeah. (Man Dancing & Singing).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1815-1820
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1 Item

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Title:
Bairagi (Vaisnava devotee) wearing a loin cloth and carrying a one-stringed instrument and clappers.
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‘Bairagi’ (Vaishnava devotee) wearing a loin cloth and carrying a one-stringed instrument ‘(ektara)’ and clappers ‘(khartala).’ Inscribed: ‘96. Byragey. (Beggar).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
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1 Item

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Title:
Three women and two drummers before a shrine to Krishna.
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Three women and two drummers before a shrine to Krishna. Inscribed: ‘Dancing before a Hindu God.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1870
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1 Item

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Title:
Dancers of the Mariyamman cult; a man with a flower-decked pot on his head.
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Dancers of the Mariyamman cult; a man dances with a flower-decked ‘karatam’ or pot on his head; two musicians accompany him. Inscribed: ‘A Poojarus of Mariamun Church or Pagoda Dancers.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Dancers of the Mariyamman cult; a woman with a pot of fire on her head.
Scope & Content:
Dancers of the Mariyamman cult; a woman dances with a pot of fire on her head and a man beats a drum. Inscribed: ‘Agnee Cuppara of the Mariamen Covil.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Dancing girl seated on a sofa
Scope & Content:
Dancing-girl seated on a sofa.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item