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1. Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406
Title:
THE HASTINGS ALBUMS 25 albums of drawings by Indian, Chinese and British artists collected by the Earl of Moira (afterwards Marquess of Hastings) and ...
Scope & Content:
THE HASTINGS ALBUMS 25 albums of drawings by Indian, Chinese and British artists collected by the Earl of Moira (afterwards Marquess of Hastings) and his wife when Lord Hastings was Governor-General of Bengal 1813-23. The complete Hastings Collection as acquired by the British Library in 1995 c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1769-1900
Extent:
524 items

2. Add Or 4750

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4750
Title:
General Claude Martin's house Constantia set in its park at Lucknow. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
General Claude Martin’s house Constantia set in its park at Lucknow, with its column in the lake still in scaffolding. Inscribed below: ‘House of Constantia and Tank with general Martin’s monument in an unfinished State.’ 346 by 515 mm. Watercolour of Constantia in Lucknow from 'Views by Seet...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4925

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4925
Title:
The car festival of Jagannatha at Puri
Scope & Content:
The car festival of Jagannatha at Puri, c.1820. Inscribed on pencil on original album leaf and again below in ink: ‘Ruth Jutra or Festival of the Car at Juggernauth.’ 230 by 355 mm. Note: Not by Sita Ram, but by an artist in a very English manner similar to the two drawings WD4396-7 immediate...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4928

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4928
Title:
A mango stem, showing leaves and flowers, with a separate ripe fruit. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A mango stem, showing leaves and flowers, with a separate ripe fruit. Inscribed in ink in capitals: ‘Aum’; and in pencil: ‘Mangifera Indica. No. 9.’ Water-colour; 413 by 305 mm. Twig of an alligator or avocado pear, showing leaves and flowers, with a separate Add.Or.4929 fruit. Inscribed in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4930

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4930
Title:
Stem of a lemon, with leaves and flowers. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Stem of a lemon, with leaves and flowers; a separate twig with two green fruit; and a ripe lemon. Inscribed in ink in capitals: ‘Kumallee Lime’; and in pencil: ‘Citrus. No. 11.’ Water-colour; 413 by 300 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4931

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4931
Title:
Stem with leaves and flowers of the Jamun tree. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Stem with leaves and flowers of the Jamun tree, and separate purple fruit. Inscribed in ink in capitals: ‘Bengallee Jamun’, and below: ‘Wild Indian Plum’; and in pencil: ‘Eugenia. No. 19.’ Water-colour; 411 by 302 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4932

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4932
Title:
Stem with leaves and flowers of the Karunda bush. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Stem with leaves and flowers of the Karunda bush, with separate crimson fruit. Inscribed in ink in capitals: ‘Corinda’; and in pencil: ‘Carissa’. Water-colour; 413 by 303 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4933

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4933
Title:
A pineapple in early fruit. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A pineapple in early fruit. Water-colour; 330 by 443 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4934

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4934
Title:
Two crossing stems with leaves and long. purple fruit, of the Tut or mulberry. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Two crossing stems with leaves and long purple fruit, of the Tut or mulberry. Inscribed in ink in capitals: ‘Toot’, and below: ‘Morus Indicus’; and in pencil: ‘No. 21.’ 411 by 302 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4935

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4935
Title:
Study of a pomegranate. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Study of a pomegranate. Water-colour; 352 by 492 mm. Note: With a faint pencil outline of another one beside it. This is an artistic study, not a botanical one.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item