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1. Add MS 15296(1), f.7r

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Add MS 15296(1), f.7r
Title:
Bharata and Satrughna study and practise the martial arts. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
On the right in the palace, the princes ask the king for teachers of religion, arts and sciences, while above two ladies at a carpeted jharokha window look down on them on the left as they practise horsemanship on the exercise ground. One man is about to teach the use of a whip. Above, in a v...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 482

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Add Or 482
Title:
A suitor dressed as a vina player fainting before his mistress
Scope & Content:
A vina-player fainting. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue border with leaf pattern in gold. 253 by 170 mm; page 315 by 231 mm. A suitor dressed as a minstrel with a peacock-feather in his headdress has entered the presence of a princess and her ladies...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 662

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Add Or 662
Title:
Englishman hunting tiger on an elephant.
Scope & Content:
Englishman hunting tiger on an elephant. Inscribed: ‘Tiger hunting in the Neilgherries.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 663

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Add Or 663
Title:
Tiger-hunting on an elephants.
Scope & Content:
Tiger-hunting on elephants. Inscribed: ‘A European with Natives Tiger Hunting on Elephants.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 664

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Add Or 664
Title:
Bullock-carriage with cheetahs.
Scope & Content:
Bullock-carriage with cheetahs. Inscribed: ‘Natives with tame tigers.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 943

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Add Or 943
Title:
Swinging in a zenana.
Scope & Content:
Swinging; six women are swinging inside a room while other women sing. Inscribed: ‘The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins’; also’ No.’2 ‘The’ ‘interior amusement of the Swing. Female attendants singing.’ 11.75 by 18 in.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 944

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Add Or 944
Title:
Zenana scene, women playing pachisi and dressing themselves
Scope & Content:
Zenana scene; women sitting on a rug, playing ‘pachisi’ and dressing themselves. Inscribed: ‘No.10. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins’; also’ Ladies playing at Pachecia. The dress of women of distinction. Shoes.’ 11.75 by 20 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 1856

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Add Or 1856
Title:
Lovers embracing; on reverse two European ladies.. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), style of
Scope & Content:
Lovers embracing; on reverse, two European ladies. Brush drawing and wash; 5.75 by 3.75 ins. Note: The unfinished sketch of the two European ladies is a copy of an English fashion-plate, ‘Walking Dresses’, from N. Heideloff, ‘Gallery of Fashion’, 1796 (J. Laver, ‘17th’ and ‘18th century costum...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 1863

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Add Or 1863
Title:
Ideal courtesan holding a peacock; head and shoulders.. Artist(s): Gobinda Chandra Ray (fl.1860-70)
Scope & Content:
Ideal courtesan holding a peacock; head and shoulders. Engraved in Bengali characters: ‘ananga manjuri sri govinda candra rayer krita’ (Lady of love, done by Govinda Candra Ray). 436 by 296 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 1864

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Add Or 1864
Title:
Ideal lover; head and shoulders.. Artist(s): Gobinda Chandra Ray (fl.1860-70)
Scope & Content:
Ideal male lover; head and shoulders. Engraved in Bengali characters: ‘sri devanager sri govinda candra rayer krita’ (God-like lover, done by Govinda Chandra Ray). 440 by 295 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

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