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1. Add Or 2

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Add Or 2
Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
Scope & Content:
A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 8

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Add Or 8
Title:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu
Scope & Content:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954. Inscribed on slip of paper pasted to border in Urdu: ‘baz bahadur u rupmati, 36’ (Baz Bahadur and Rupmati, 36). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and red borders and gold rules, from the same album as Add.Or.4-7 e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 124

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Add Or 124
Title:
Indian gentleman with a hawk on his wrist, on horseback.
Scope & Content:
Indian gentleman, with a hawk on his wrist, on horseback. Inscribed: ‘4. Ghorah’ ... ‘Horse.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 206

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Add Or 206
Title:
Wrestler and wife
Scope & Content:
Wrestler and wife; the man has a dagger under his arm, his wife holds a betel leaf. Inscribed: ‘A Jattee answers to that of a Gladiator who performs.’ Note: Coloured version of Add.Or.1956.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 576

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Add Or 576
Title:
Manipur man and women playing pachisi.
Scope & Content:
Manipur man and woman playing ‘pachisi.’ Inscribed: ‘Native game.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 577

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Add Or 577
Title:
Two Manipur warriors with feathered head-dresses and a dog, attacking a tiger with spears.
Scope & Content:
Two Manipur warriors with feathered head-dresses and a dog, attacking a tiger with spears. Inscribed: ‘Attacking tiger.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 904

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Add Or 904
Title:
Courtesan nursing a peacock
Scope & Content:
Courtesan nursing a peacock. Inscribed: ‘54. An Figure from imagination.’ Lithographed outline; 370 by 280 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 906

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 906
Title:
Courtesan seated cross-legged beside a nargila pipe
Scope & Content:
Courtesan seated cross-legged beside a ‘nargila’ pipe. Inscribed: ‘42. A public woman.’ 440 by 275 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 907

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 907
Title:
Two courtesans, one holding pan, the other a nargila pipe
Scope & Content:
Two courtesans, one holding ‘pan’ and one a ‘nargila’ pipe. Inscribed: ‘11. Two public women.’ 350 by 280 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 1021

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1021
Title:
Indian jockey.
Scope & Content:
Indian jockey. Inscribed: ‘A Native Jockey.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item