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1. Add Or 346

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Add Or 346
Title:
Scribe seated on a striped rug writing a manuscript.
Scope & Content:
Scribe seated on a striped rug writing a manuscript. Inscribed: ‘A Persian Scribe.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 1600

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1600
Title:
Jewel-cutter; woman with forehead-ornaments
Scope & Content:
(a) Jewel-cutter. Inscribed: ‘Bombay stone cutter.’ (b) Woman making forehead ornaments. Inscribed: ‘Female making forehead ornaments.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 1670

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1670
Title:
Men covering hookah-snakes with thread and wire
Scope & Content:
Men covering hookah-snakes with thread and wine.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1860
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4097

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4097
Title:
Three men seated round a frame, one smoking a hookah, embroiderering scabbards, another finished frame beside them
Scope & Content:
Three men seated round a frame, one smoking a hookah, embroiderering scabbards, another finished frame beside them.. Inscribed: ‘tasvir-i zardoz; karkhana-i zardoz’ (picture of an embroiderer; embroiders’ workshop).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 5024

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5024
Title:
Hookah maker
Scope & Content:
Hookah maker Inscribed:‘Hookah Maker.’ 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

6. Add Or 5025

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5025
Title:
Blacksmith
Scope & Content:
Blacksmith Inscribed: ‘Blacksmith.’ 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

7. Add Or 5475, f.38

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.38
Title:
The panel of Florentine pietra dura work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The panel of Florentine ‘pietra dura’ work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of throne in the ‘jharoka.’ 23.5 by 15.5 cm. Note: See Ebba Koch, ‘Shah Jahan and Orpheus’, Graz, 1988.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5475, f.39

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.39
Title:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., from the same place. Each 7 by 5.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 5475, f.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.40
Title:
Four smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work, as well as Mughal pietra dura work, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Four similar panels, together with three others representing the Mughal inlay work on the same site.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5475, f.41

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.41
Title:
Three smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work, as well as a large panel of Mughal work, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Three similar panels, and one larger Mughal panel.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item