Cook returning from the bazaar followed by a coolie carrying vegetables.. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Cook returning from the bazaar followed by a coolie carrying vegetables and poultry. Water-colour; 9 by 7.5 ins. Note: Reproduced Archer (1947), pl.26.
Hanuman, the monkey god, carrying the Himalayas in his hand.
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Hanuman, the monkey god, carrying the Himalayas in his hand. Illustration to the’ Ramayana.’ Probably by a Trichinopoly artist, c.1862. Inscribed on front: ‘A Man with a Monkey’s Head’; on back: ‘Taken from the wall of a temple by a native.’ Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 6 by 4.75 ins. Pres...
The screen around the cenotaph in the Taj Mahal, Agra.
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The screen round the cenotaphs in the Taj Mahal, Agra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1830. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 18 by 24.5 ins. Narrow Indian ink border and rules. Water-mark of 1827. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1959.
Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1830. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Sikandrah maqbarah i Akbar badshah du kuruh mufasilah az qil‘ah i Agrah. bist u du’ (Sikandra: mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar, two leagues distant from the Agra fort. No.22.) Water-co...
Courtyard of a house with canopy. Door-keepers in red and green liveries stand on each of the verandahs. By a Patna artist, c.1815. 1814 water-mark. Unfinished water-colour; 17 by 25.5 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1959. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Patna in 194...