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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 3188-3274 Language Not applicable

31. Add Or 3217

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3217
Title:
Tomb of Itimad al-Daula, Agra
Scope & Content:
Tomb of I‘timad al-Daula, Agra. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Tomb of Etmaum Ul Dowlah - Agra’: in ink: ‘Etemaum-Dowlah’s Tomb opposite Agra on the Left Bank of the River Jumna.’. 429 by 554 mm; 386 by 511 mm within border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add Or 3218

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3218
Title:
Tomb of Maryam az-Zamani at Sikandra
Scope & Content:
Tomb of Maryam az-Zamani at Sikandra. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘A Mussulmaun’s Tomb - near Agra 40 miles from it: A Mussulman Tomb 40 miles from Agra.’ 305 by 425 mm; 235 by 370 mm within border. Note: The same view, also unidentified precisely, is in the Wellesley Album, Add.Or.1145.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

33. Add Or 3219

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3219
Title:
Entrance to the Taj Mahal, Agra
Scope & Content:
Entrance to the Taj Mahal, Agra. In the foreground a bullock cart, a tent, a palanquin and elephant, with a gentleman of rank proceeding to the entrance. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Gateway leading to the Taaje Mahal’; in ink: ‘Gateway leading to the Taje Mahal near Agra’. 423 by 551 mm; 39...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

34. Add Or 3220

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3220
Title:
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still
Scope & Content:
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Distillery of spirituous liquors. Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Bengal.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

35. Add Or 3221

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3221
Title:
Liquor shop with customers in various stages of drunkenness
Scope & Content:
Liquor shop with customers in various stages of drunkenness. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Spirituous liquor Shop - people Drunk. Shop for Sale of Spirituous Liquors some of the Customers Drunk, threaten with Shoes: and others in various stages of Intoxication.’. 310 by 458 mm; 252 by 40...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

36. Add Or 3222

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3222
Title:
Scene of Hindu worship on the banks of a river
Scope & Content:
Scene of Hindu worship on the banks of a river. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Hindoo-Poojah’; in ink: ‘Hindoo worship or Poojah Ceremony’. 422 by 552 mm; 387 by 511 mm within border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

37. Add Or 3223

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3223
Title:
A group of Hindus making their morning prayers and ablutions beside a river.
Scope & Content:
A group of Hindus making their morning prayers and ablutions beside a river, with a group of shrines in the background. Inscribed on back in pencil and ink: ‘A Taqoorburrie or Hindoo place of Worship. Hindoos Poojahcurrying at their Devotions.’ 424 by 552 mm; 390 by 520 mm within border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

38. Add Or 3224

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3224
Title:
The Rath Jatra Festival
Scope & Content:
The Rath Jatra Festival, a temple chariot in the shape of a Bengal temple being pulled along, and surrounded by a crowd of onlookers, musicians, dancers, ascetics, a sweet-seller and a toy-seller. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘The Rutt Juttra an Hindoo Festival;’ in ink: ‘The Rutt Jutthra an Hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

39. Add Or 3225

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3225
Title:
The Basant Panchami Festival
Scope & Content:
The Basant Panchami Festival. Young men dance before a shrine, with a great crowd of men and women looking on; elephants on the left and a ‘rath’ (chariot) on the right. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Siree Pungemee. Annual Notch or Dance by Hindoos in April/May. Siree Pungamie an Annual Nautch ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

40. Add Or 3226

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3226
Title:
The Hook-swinging Festival (Charak-puja), taking place beside a river
Scope & Content:
The Hook-swinging Festival (Charak-puja), taking place beside a river, with a penitent in full flight. On the left a sweet-seller’s stall, on the right gentlemen watching the scene from an elephant and a rath. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘The Churric Poojah Hindue;’ in ink: ‘The Chirric Pooja...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item