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211. Add Or 3767

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Add Or 3767
Title:
The Jagannatha trio, crowned, with other gods. Kansari Para Art Studio, Calcutta.
Scope & Content:
The Jagannatha trio. The trio heavily clothed stand on a gilt-edged dais between two pillars. Balabhadra and Jagannatha have stump-like arms cut off at the wrists. All three wear elaborate crowns. Faces as in painted versions. No wing-like ‘arms’. In front of them, placed on a blue chequer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

212. Add Or 3812

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3812
Title:
Two cowherds asking the wives of the Mathura Brahmins for food for Krishna
Scope & Content:
Two cow herds are asking the wives of the Brahmins of Mathura for food for Krishna: an illustration from the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana. Kangra, c.1800. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975 (purchased from Ishwari Prasad, Patna, March 1948). Numbered 64; inscribed on reverse in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

213. Add Or 3813

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3813
Title:
Girl with a parakeet
Scope & Content:
Girl with a parakeet. Bikaner, c.1750. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975 (purchased from Ishwari Prasad, Patna, March 1948). Inscribed on reverse: ‘portrait of Joda bhai’; monogram ‘M.S’. with initials ‘I.S.’(?) beneath. Drawing; borders of tinted paper. 145 by 69 mm; page 255 by 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

214. Add Or 3814-3817

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3814-3817
Title:
Add.Or.3814-3817 Four drawings. Kotah, c.1860. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975. Pen drawings in black ink. Note: From a series of drawings ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3814-3817 Four drawings. Kotah, c.1860. Presented by Michael Archer, 20 April 1975. Pen drawings in black ink. Note: From a series of drawings by a single artist of which others are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (I.S.86-1955 and I.S.89-1955), ‘see’ W.G. Archer (1959), figs 50, 52.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1861
Extent:
4 items

215. Add Or 3821

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3821
Title:
Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d1826)
Scope & Content:
Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813, d.1826). Guler, c.1830. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse by or at the instance of the dealer Radha Krishan Bharany: ‘Raja Goverdhen Chand enjoying music, lying with his Queen Rani Goverdhana on a cot placed on the cross of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

216. Add Or 3822

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3822
Title:
A lady feeding a parrot. Artist(s): Chandu Lal, of Rajol (fl.1966)
Scope & Content:
A lady feeding a parrot. By Chandu Lal of Rajol, Kangra, 1966. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Raina Chandu Lal musavvir Rajol mavarkha 4.1.66’ (Raina Chandu Lal, painter, Rajol, dated 4.1.66). Gouache; decorated black and pink borders. 220 by 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1966
Extent:
1 Item

217. Add Or 3841, Add Or 3672

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Add Or 3841, Add Or 3672
Title:
Add.Or.3841; Add.Or.3672 Two paintings depicting the Jagannatha trio in their temple car accompanied by out-riders. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri distri ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3841; Add.Or.3672 Two paintings depicting the Jagannatha trio in their temple car accompanied by out-riders. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Orissa, early-nineteenth century. Gouache and earth-colours on prepared cloth; varying sizes. Acquired by W.G. Archer from members of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
2 items

218. Add Or 3848, 4051-4052

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3848, 4051-4052
Title:
Add.Or.3848, 4051-4052 Three portraits from a set of Indian characters and rulers. Hyderabad, c.1745. Note: From a series of portraits of Indian chara ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3848, 4051-4052 Three portraits from a set of Indian characters and rulers. Hyderabad, c.1745. Note: From a series of portraits of Indian characters and rulers which was sold at Sotheby’s in 1951 and was largely divided between the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum (I.S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1744-1746
Extent:
3 items

219. Add Or 3856

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3856
Title:
A Sati scene, with numerous spectators in a ring round the pyre
Scope & Content:
A Sati scene, with numerous spectators in a ring round the pyre. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1800. Drawing on mica in brown gouache with touches of colour, 166 by 204 mm. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1977. Published Mildred and W.G. Archer 1955, fig.6. Note: This mica painting was o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

220. Add Or 3857

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3857
Title:
Two astrologers consulting a horoscope. Artist(s): Tagore, Gaganendranath (1867-1938)
Scope & Content:
Two astrologers consulting a horoscope, c.1920. Signed: ‘GT’; inscribed on back: ‘Astrologers 9.5” by 6.25”‘ Water-colour; 342 by 254 mm. Gift to W.G. Archer from Suresh Podar, July 1969. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1977. Note: See Photo 450.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item