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21. 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

22. WD855

Reference (shelfmark):
WD855
Title:
A shrine to Durga, as consturcted for the Durga Puja festival, with images of the Goddess slaying the buffalo-demon, her two sons Ganesh and Karttikeya, and Lakshmi and Sarasvati. Signed 'J.C.M.'. Artist(s): M, J.C. (fl. 1784-1820)
Scope & Content:
(125) A shrine to Durga, as constructed for the Durga Puja festival, with images of the Goddess slaying the buffalo-demon, her two sons Ganesh and Karttikeya, and Lakshmi and Sarasvati. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘The Image of Doorgah etc. J.C.M. (?)’ Gouache; 16 by 18 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1820
Extent:
1 Item

23. WD2522

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2522
Title:
A Kulu fair. Artist(s): Harcourt, Alfred Frederick Pollock (1836-1910)
Scope & Content:
A Kulu fair. c.1869. Pencil and water-colour; 14 by 20 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 Item

24. WD3061

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3061
Title:
'The Maharana’s barge at the spring festival of Gangur, Udaipur'. Artist(s): Kilburn, Denys (1899-1973)
Scope & Content:
‘The Maharana’s barge at the spring festival of Gangur, Udaipur’. 36.5 by 52 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1923-1942
Extent:
1 Item

25. 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

26. WD3665

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3665
Title:
Temple festival. Inscribed on reverse: 'Both sides - procession of the God. Nanganeri, Tinnevelly, 1931'. Artist(s): Maher, Anne Teresa Prideaux (b. 1906)
Scope & Content:
Temple festival. Inscribed: ‘A.T.P. Payne 1932’ and on reverse: ‘Both sides - procession of the God. Nanganeri, Tinnevelly, 1931. This is the god’s car’. Water-colour and chalk; 40 by 29.3 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 Item

27. WD3772

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3772
Title:
Unpublished drawing by D’Oyly for his humorous poem 'Tom Raw the Griffin'. The image of Durga being cast in to the Hooghly at the end of the Durga Puja festival. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
Scope & Content:
The image of Durga being cast in to the Hooghly at the end of the Durga Puja festival. Water-colour; 16.7 by 23 cm. Note: Illustration to Canto 7, lines 3933-3941
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

28. WD4035

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4035
Title:
Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house in Calcutta during Durga puja. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
Scope & Content:
Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house during Durga puja. 23 by 43.5 cm. Note: A study for this composition, clearly not by Prinsep, is at WD4495. The subject matter and treatment is rather unlike Prinsep’s normal style, and it is possible that this i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830s-1840s
Extent:
1 Item

29. X108(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
X108(37)
Title:
'Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges'. Plate 37 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
'Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges'. Plate 37 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 Item

30. X108(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
X108(50)
Title:
'The Dewali, or feast of lamps'. Plate 50 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Scope & Content:
'The Dewali, or feast of lamps'. Plate 50 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 Item