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1. Add Or 19

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Add Or 19
Title:
Durga puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga puja. To the left an image of Durga on the verandah of a house before which a goat is being sacrificed in the courtyard. Inscribed on back: ‘Doorga-Puja. A religious festival held in honour (sic) Devi, and in commemoration of her victory over the giant Doorg, in consequence of which she...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807-1809
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 29

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Add Or 29
Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 66

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Add Or 66
Title:
Holi Festival
Scope & Content:
Holi Festival. Inscribed: ‘Hindoo Rajpoot Procession.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 939

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Add Or 939
Title:
Holi festival, a nobleman watching the celebrations
Scope & Content:
The Holi festival, an Indian gentleman seated on a painted stool watches the celebrations. Men sing and dance and play on instruments; women squirt coloured water. Inscribed: ‘No.4. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esqr. Elizath Collins. This is a Hindoo Festival celebrated, among other sports, by thr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 940

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Add Or 940
Title:
Chait festival, on the banks of the Ganges at Patna
Scope & Content:
The Chait festival being celebrated on the banks of the Ganges at Patna. Inscribed: ‘No’.’1. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins Offerings of fruit to the Ganges: a religious Ceremony at which the Women are permitted to attend, and come down to the River side to celebrate: and as it is ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4471

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4471
Title:
The Ramlila spectacle at Benares
Scope & Content:
The Ramlila spectacle, with Laksmana attacking a gigantic Ravana, monkeys and bears fighting the demons, and Rama and the monkey and bear chiefs directing operations, before a large audience including Bengal Army sepoys. By a Patna/Benares artist, c.1830-40. Body-colour on mica; 210 by 255 mm....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835-1840
Extent:
1 Item

7. P973

Reference (shelfmark):
P973
Title:
Procession de la Déesse Kali. (Calcutta, Octobre 1841.). Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Lithograph by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original drawing of October 1841 by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of the procession of the Goddess at Calcutta published in Paris in 1848. In Hindu tradition, Kali 'the black one' is the most terrifying of all the manifestations of Shiv...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD555

Reference (shelfmark):
WD555
Title:
The Teppakkulam or Raft Festival, Madras. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
Scope & Content:
The Teppakkulam or Raft Festival, Madras. 1841. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Teppel Colum, or Tank-feast. Just Gantz. Popham's Broadway. No.35. Madras, 1841.’ Water-colour; 11.75 by 19.25 ins. Note: The Tamil word ‘Teppam or Teppal’ means ‘raft’, and ‘kulam’ is the 'pool' in which the dei...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD556

Reference (shelfmark):
WD556
Title:
A festival scene, Madras. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
Scope & Content:
A festival scene, Madras. 1841. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Procession of Gods. Just Gantz. Popham's Broadway. No 35. Madras, 1841.’ Water-colour; 11.75 by 18.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD3280

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3280
Title:
Inscribed on reverse: 'The Kôt at Katmandoo during the Dussera'. Artist(s): Oldfield, Henry Ambrose (1822-1871)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Kôt at Katmandoo during the Dussera’. Water-colour; 37.8 by 50 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1863
Extent:
1 Item