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1. 455.c.8(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
455.c.8(66)
Title:
'Hindoo Devotees, of the Gosanee & Jetty Tribes. Jam. Forbes, Duboy, 1780' Pl. 66, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813. Artist(s): Shury, J., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Scope & Content:
'Hindoo Devotees, of the Gosanee & Jetty Tribes. Jam. Forbes, Duboy, 1780' Pl. 66, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813.. Artist(s): Shury, J., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

2. 455.c.8(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
455.c.8(67)
Title:
'A Jungam and a Byragee, Hindoo Devotees Jam Forbes, 1769. ' Pl. 67, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Scope & Content:
'A Jungam and a Byragee, Hindoo Devotees Jam Forbes, 1769. ' Pl. 67, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813.. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add MS 27255

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27255
Title:
Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. One hundred and ten miniatures
Scope & Content:
‘Tashrih al-aqvam’, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. One hundred and ten miniatures. Delhi Company style. AH1241=AD1825. Literatu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 item

4. Add Or 357

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Add Or 357
Title:
A girl playing a tambura
Scope & Content:
A girl with a tambur. Murshidabad, c.1770. Purchased March 1958. Inscribed incorrectly on a slip of paper in Urdu pasted on the reverse: ‘4, chaharom, ragini bhakarah-i meghi malar’ (4, fourth, ‘Bhakarah Ragini’ of’ Megha Malar).’ Gouache with gold; on album pages with pink, blue, and plain ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 477

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Add Or 477
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
A Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1690. Purchased from Maggs Brothers, January 1957. Drawing with gold; plain border. 164 by 122 mm; page 250 by 190 mm. A Mughal nobleman with prominent nose and black beard, is shown head and shoulders in profile.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 482

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 482
Title:
A suitor dressed as a vina player fainting before his mistress
Scope & Content:
A vina-player fainting. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue border with leaf pattern in gold. 253 by 170 mm; page 315 by 231 mm. A suitor dressed as a minstrel with a peacock-feather in his headdress has entered the presence of a princess and her ladies...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 483

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 483
Title:
A landscape with a shrine and pilgrims
Scope & Content:
A scene at a shrine. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.84; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 23. A shrine to Siva, flying a red banner from the roof pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 748

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Add Or 748
Title:
Svetambara Jain monk of the Dhundhiya sect with brush and mask.
Scope & Content:
A Svetambara Jain monk of the Dhundhiyas sect with brush and mask. By a Western Indian artist, perhaps at Bhuj, Cutch, c.1856. Inscribed on back in Gujarati: ‘goraji dhundiyo hame ra tadri khana pakhana me luretala vaniaonva padri.’ Water-colour; 5.75 by 4.5 ins. Presented by Mrs Mavis Stran...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 755

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 755
Title:
A pile-carpet loom being worked at Hunsur (Mysore)
Scope & Content:
A pile-carpet loom at Hunsur (Mysore). By a South Indian artist, 1850. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 17.5 by 24.5 ins. Inscribed in Persian: ‘ghalichah buni (bunni) ka pathra’ (Rug weaving loom): in English: ‘Plan and Elevation of a Carpet loom with five men at work. Grazing Farm. Hoonsoor....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 912

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 912
Title:
Procession of Vaisnava devotees including Chaitanya, Advaita, Nityananda and Keshav Bharati. Bottala, Calcutta. Artist(s): Krishna Chandra, of Bottala (fl.mid 19th century)
Scope & Content:
Procession of Vaisnava devotees including Caitanya, Advaita, Nityananda and Kesav Bharati. By Krishna Candra, Calcutta, c.1860-70. Inscribed: ‘71.’ ‘A Bishnnuote procession;’ engraved in Bengali characters: ‘sri advaita prabhu. sri nityananda prabhu. sri maha prabhu. sri kesab bharati’ (na...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

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