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441. Or 4770, f.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.27
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to an image of the Goddess.with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A shaven headed Brahmin, wearing a dhoti and with a scarf over his shoulder, and holding a book in front of him, sitting cross-legged in a landscape, with a little gilt image of the Goddess before him, and all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

442. Or 4770, f.28

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.28
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to an image of Vishnu and Laksmi with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed and seated similarly to 27, his right hand in front of him concealed in a red bag telling his beads, his eyes closed in concentration, his left resting on his leg, with a little gilt image of Visnu and Laksmi before him, and all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

443. Or 4770, f.29

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.29
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to a shaligrama image of Vishnu, with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed and seated similarly to 28, also telling his beads, with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (no image, with the saligrama stone at the centre of the implements). Inscribed in Persian below: ‘. parastish shalagram.’ ‘29. The manner of making the Poujah to Sal...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

444. Or 4770, f.30

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.30
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to an image of Ganesh, with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed and similarly seated to 27, his hands joined, with red spots on his forehead etc. (with a white vertical streak above on his forehead), with a small gilt image of Ganesa before him and with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (mostly sweets, and no bell). Inscr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

445. Or 4770, f.31

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.31
Title:
A brahmin standing before a sivalingam shrine under a fig tree, performing arati with his lamp and holding also a bell, with other offerings and implements around it and on the ground before the brahmin.
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed as in 27, standing before a ‘sivalingam’ shrine under a fig tree, performing ‘arati’ with his lamp and holding also a bell. The ‘sivalingam’ has flowers on it and a pot of water above lustrating it, with other offerings and implements around it and on the ground before the Bra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

446. Or 4770, f.32

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.32
Title:
Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green jama and green turban, playing the rebab.
Scope & Content:
Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green ‘jama’ and green turban, playing the rebab. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘. mardana. nanak shah.’ ‘32. Nanuc, the Illustrious founder of the Sect of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

447. P2

Reference (shelfmark):
P2
Title:
'Assemblage of Ghoorkas'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 13 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
Scope & Content:
'Assemblage of Ghoorkas'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 13 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820.. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

448. P40

Reference (shelfmark):
P40
Title:
'Assemblage of Hill Men'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and Son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 12 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
Scope & Content:
'Assemblage of Hill Men'. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell and Son, after J. B. Fraser. Plate 12 in Views in the Himala Mountains, published Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820.. Artist(s): Havell, Robert (1769-1832), and Son, after Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

449. P478

Reference (shelfmark):
P478
Title:
'Raja Paxa. Chief of the cast of cinnamon-peelers, in the Island of Ceylon'. Coloured aquatint engraving by Charles Turner after unknown native artist of Ceylon. Published by Turner, London, 1819. Artist(s): Turner, Charles (1773-1857)
Scope & Content:
'Raja Paxa. Chief of the cast of cinnamon-peelers, in the Island of Ceylon'. Coloured aquatint engraving by Charles Turner after unknown native artist of Ceylon. Published by Turner, London, 1819.. Artist(s): Turner, Charles (1773-1857)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819
Extent:
1 Item

450. P516

Reference (shelfmark):
P516
Title:
Portrait of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, aged 58. Coloured lithograph by Day & Haghe after G.T. Vigne. Published in London, c.1838. Artist(s): Vigne, Godfrey Thomas (1801-1863), after
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, aged 58. Coloured lithograph by Day & Haghe after G.T. Vigne. Published in London, c.1838.. Artist(s): Vigne, Godfrey Thomas (1801-1863), after
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1838
Extent:
1 Item

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