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621. WD525

Reference (shelfmark):
WD525
Title:
A village of fakirs on the banks of the Ganges, Pathargata, Bhagalpur district (Bihar). An Englishman and his wife, shaded by an umbrella, are about to embark on a boat. Artist(s): Ritso, John (1772-1866)
Scope & Content:
A village of fakirs on the banks of the Ganges, Patharghata, Bhagalpur district (Bihar). An Englishman and his wife, shaded by an umbrella, are about to embark on a boat. c.1800. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Fakeer Village at Pattergotta, J.Ritso’; on back in pencil; ‘Pattergotta, India, J.Rit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

622. WD540(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(79)
Title:
Khien Woman.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Khien Woman.’ THESE women, who were small made, and very plain, are of the semi-wild race of people known as ‘Khyens’, inhabiting a portion of the Aracan hills. (See Report page 283.) The faces of these poor women were tattooed over their whole surface; a barbarism which is said to have had fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

623. WD540(93)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(93)
Title:
A Kathé or Munnipoore Horseman.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘A Kathé or Munnipoore Horseman.’ IF the Infantry of the Burmese army disappointed expectation, the mounted portion yet more. Even the far famed Poney of the country seemed, in the general mass, to be degenerate; for although there were many beautifully formed, powerful, and spirited, very many...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

624. WD540(94)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(94)
Title:
Three Burmese Infantry Soldiers.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Three Burmese Infantry Soldiers.’ THE three men here represented, who are pure Burmese, were picked out of the guard of six hundred attached to the Residency, and may be received as characteristic of the whole body. Vigorous and powerfully formed men, and, as is well known, very far from wanti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

625. WD540(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(101)
Title:
Rough Sketch of Kathé Boatmen, en route to Mengoon.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Rough Sketch of Kathé Boatmen, en route to Mengoon.’ ATTACHED to one of the war boats placed at command of the Envoy on occasion of the visit of the mission to Mengoon. These men are of the conquered and captured race of Munniipooreans, described in the ‘Report’ as in a manner occupying in Bu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

626. WD540(103)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(103)
Title:
Father Abbona.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Father Abbona.’ PIEDMONTESE priest of the Roman Catholic chapel at Umeerapoora, where he has also established a school in which he proposes teaching English. He appears to be in the confidence of the King; and was frequently a medium of communication with His Majesty on matters connected with ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

627. WD553

Reference (shelfmark):
WD553
Title:
Pilgrims and Hindu ascetics, Madras. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
Scope & Content:
Pilgrims and Hindu ascetics, Madras. 1841. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Pilgrims, Sainashees, Bairaghees, Pandarams. Just Gantz. Popham's Broadway. No.35. Madras 1841.’ Water-colour; 11.5 by 19.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 Item

628. WD638

Reference (shelfmark):
WD638
Title:
A fakir's hut in the valley of Periyakulam; an ascetic and a European with sepoys in the foreground. May 1784. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(14) A fakir's hut in the valley of Periyakulam; an ascetic and a European with sepoys in the foreground. May 1784. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Habitation of a Fakeer on a Rock in the Vale of Periacollum, May 1784. District of Dindigul.’ Water-colour; 12 by 19 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784
Extent:
1 Item

629. WD796

Reference (shelfmark):
WD796
Title:
Fakir's hut in the Periyakulam Pass, Dindigal District. May 1794. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
(66) Fakir's hut in the Periyakulam Pass. May 1794. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Habitation of a Fakeer in the Vale of Periacollum, District of Dindigul. May 1784. C. Mackenzie.’ Wash; 8.5 by 11 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784
Extent:
1 Item

630. WD857

Reference (shelfmark):
WD857
Title:
Three men armed with bows and arrows, Orissa. 'Hill People to the Northwd of Orissa'.
Scope & Content:
(1) Aboriginals of Orissa. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Hill People to the Northwd of Orissa.’ Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.227, fig 6.22. Water-colour; 9.5 by 13 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1821
Extent:
1 Item

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