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Project / Collection Impey Collection Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings Level [32] Fonds

1. Add Or 4-7, 27, 28, 30, 31

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Add Or 4-7, 27, 28, 30, 31
Title:
Add.Or.4-7, 27, 28, 30, 31 Eight paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954 and January 1955. Inscribed on borders w ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.4-7, 27, 28, 30, 31 Eight paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954 and January 1955. Inscribed on borders with identifications in Urdu. Gouache with gold; on album pages with blue and red borders and gold rules; the edges reinforced with magenta si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1759-1761
Extent:
8 items

2. Add Or 4667

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4667
Title:
A pangolin or scaly anteater, from Lady Impey's collection. Artist(s): Zain al-Din, Shaikh (fl. c.1780)
Scope & Content:
A pangolin or scaly anteater walking towards the right, with a slight shadow against an otherwise unpainted paper ground. Each paw has five claws, with those on its front paws turned backwards as it walks. Its scales are brown and it has blue eyes. By the Calcutta artist Shaikh Zain al-Din, Cal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 5725

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5725
Title:
Lakshman cuts of the nose of Shurpanakha
Scope & Content:
Lakshman cuts of the nose of Shurpanakha A folio from the Impey Ramayana Murshidabad, 1760-70 Gouache and gold on paper Painting: 29 x 18.3 cm; Folio: 32.4 x 21.7 cm Purchased 2013 The Ramayana is one of the great Sanskrit epics narrating the story of Rama, prince of Ayodhya, who lived in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 Item

4. NHD59

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD59
Title:
Red Avadavat (a pair, on a branch). Artist(s): Ram Das (fl. 1777-1782)
Scope & Content:
Red Avadavat (a pair, on a branch) ‘Amandava amandava’ Original inscriptions: [Inscribed on front in nastaliq] ‘La‘l o munya’. [in English] ‘In the collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta. Painted by Ram Das Native of Patna’ [in nastaliq] ‘Ramdas.’ [inscribed on back of mount: ‘Amaduvade Finch. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1777-1782
Extent:
1 Item

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