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241. Add Or 5010

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5010
Title:
A caparisoned and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible
Scope & Content:
A caparison and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour; 502 by 433 mm. Note: see note under Add.Or.5004 above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

242. Add Or 5064

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5064
Title:
Mode of carrying grain to market
Scope & Content:
Mode of carrying grain to market on the back of a bullock. Inscribed: ‘Mode of carrying Grain to Market’ 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

243. Add Or 5076

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5076
Title:
A showman with a bear.
Scope & Content:
A showman with a bear. Inscribed: ‘A Showman with a Bear.’ 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

244. Add Or 5084

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5084
Title:
A showman.
Scope & Content:
A showman with goat and monkeys. Inscribed:‘A Showman’ The image is framed by a black border. 24.2 by 19.7cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

245. Add Or 5088

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5088
Title:
A washerman taking cloths to be washed.
Scope & Content:
A washerman taking cloths to be washed on a donkey. Inscribed: ‘A Washerman taking Cloths to be washed’ 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

246. Add Or 5097

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5097
Title:
Mode of carrying bricks
Scope & Content:
Mode of carrying bricks on the backs of donkeys. Inscribed: ‘Mode of carrying Bricks’ 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

247. Add Or 5234

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5234
Title:
Two wildcats, one devouring a bird, in a landscape of snow-capped peaks.
Scope & Content:
Two wildcats, one devouring a bird, in a landscape of snow-capped peaks. Inscribed on front in pencil: (above) ‘No. 6’; and (below, in nagari) ‘plasako viralo’; and in ink: ‘One foot nine inches long & eleven inch. high. Tail nine inch.’ Water-colour and body-colour, heightened with varni...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1846
Extent:
1 Item

248. Add Or 5260

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5260
Title:
Durga Das Rathor(1638-c.1710), white-bearded, rides a grey stallion, preceded by an attendant on foot with a chowrie.. Artist(s): Wajid (fl. 1680-1710)
Scope & Content:
Durga Das Rathor(1638-c.1710), white-bearded, rides a grey stallion, preceded by an attendant on foot with a chowrie. By Wajid, c.1708. Inscribed on reverse in ‘nagari’: ‘surati rathod durga das ji sri/ wajid.’ [Likeness of Durga Das Rathor. Wajid.] Opaque water-colour and gold; 32.5 by 26cm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1708
Extent:
1 Item

249. Add Or 5265

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5265
Title:
‘The British leaving India.’ A comical rather than ferocious lion!
Scope & Content:
‘The British leaving India.’ A comical rather than ferocious lion! By a student at the Calcutta School of Art, 1943-44. Gouache on paper; 9 by 14 cm. Written by the donor on reverse of original frame: ‘The British Leaving India by a student of the Calcutta Art School.’ Gift of Mrs Margaret ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943-1944
Extent:
1 Item

250. Add Or 5329

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5329
Title:
Zoomorphic head. Artist(s): Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)
Scope & Content:
A zoomorphic head, combining suggestions of a sheep’s skull with a bony beak. 1928-30. By Rabindranath Tagore (. Pen-and-ink and water-colour, silvered; 182 by 236 mm. Signed in Bengali: ‘Rabindra’. Provenance: exhibited in the artist’s exhibition at Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1928-1930
Extent:
1 Item

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