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1. Add Or 955

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Add Or 955
Title:
Women carrying a water-pot. Artist(s): Jairam Das (fl.1830s)
Scope & Content:
Woman carrying a water-pot. By Jairam Das(fl.1810-40), a Patna artist, c.1830. Pencil; 8.25 by 6.5 ins Presented by Michael Archer, 10 May 1968 Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Patna in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad who attributed it to Jairam Das.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 1836

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Add Or 1836
Title:
Pilgrim carrying Ganges water
Scope & Content:
Pilgrim carrying Ganges water. By a Patna artist, c.1820. Water-colour; 6 by 7 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer from Ishwari Prasad at Patna in 1948.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 1837

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Add Or 1837
Title:
Three musicians
Scope & Content:
Three musicians. By a Patna artist, c.1840. Brush drawing; 5.75 by 3.75ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer from Ishwari Prasad at Patna in 1948.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 1855

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Add Or 1855
Title:
Milkman's wife (gwalin) carrying cow-dung cakes
Scope & Content:
Milkman’s wife (‘gwalin’) carrying cow-dung cakes. By a Patna artist, c.1870. Water-colour; 9 by 7 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 May 1961. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer in Patna in 1948 from Ishwari Prasad.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 2375

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Add Or 2375
Title:
Vaisnava ascetic seated cross-legged. Artist(s): Shiva Ram (fl. c.1840)
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava ascetic seated cross-legged on a mat holding a rosary in his right hand. By Shiva Ram, a Benares artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 8.25 by 6.25 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1962. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Benares in 1948 from a Benares dealer who attribu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 2378

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Add Or 2378
Title:
Portrait of the Raja of Tamughui, a Benares landlord
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the Raja of Tamughui, a Benares landlord, seated and holding a hookah mouth-piece. By a Benares artist, 1866. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Raja Rajah Tamughui’; in ‘nagari’ characters:’ Raje Tamughui, samvat 1924’ (Raja of Tamughui, A.D.1866). Pencil and water-colour; 5 by 3....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 2379

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Add Or 2379
Title:
Portrait of a Raja of Jaipur seated in durbar
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a nobleman seated in durbar, perhaps Raja Ram Singh II of Jaipur (ruled 1835-80). By a Benares artist, c.1870. Inscribed on back in ‘nagari’ characters:’ darbar maharaja man singha ji Jaipur ke’ (durbar of Maharaja Man Singh of Jaipur). Pen-and-ink; 6.5 by 7.5 ins. Presented by M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 2553

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Add Or 2553
Title:
A sweeper (mehtar) and water-carrier (bihishti) cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
A sweeper ‘(mehtar)’ and water-carrier ‘(bihishti)’ cleaning a drain or water-channel in a garden. By the Calcutta artist, Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, c.1830-35. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Bhisty’;’ Mayter’; in Persian characters: ‘bihishti’; ‘mihtar’;’ Shaikh Muhammad Amir musauwir....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835-1840
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 3005

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Add Or 3005
Title:
Two mendicants begging alms from a grain seller.
Scope & Content:
Two mendicants ‘(suthra shahi)’ begging alms from a grain seller who is seated in his shop. By an artist from the Punjab Hills working in the Punjab Plains probably at Lahore or Amritsar, c.1850. Gouache; red border with black and white rules; 7.5 by 9.75 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Ar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 3370

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Add Or 3370
Title:
Chaitanya and his disciple Nityananda. Artist(s): Kanai Lal Ghosh (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
A painting illustrating a religious subject. Caitanya and his disciple Nityananda. By Kanai Lal Ghosh, Kalighat, c.1925. Water-colour, unfinished; 455 by 280 mm. Purchased by W.G. Archer at Kalighat in 1932 from the artist Kanai Lal Ghosh (born 1907), a relation of Nibaran and Kali Charan Gh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 Item