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Subject Rites and Ceremonies Level [32] Fonds

1. 1899.t.2, pl. 11

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.t.2, pl. 11
Title:
'East view of Seringapatam'. Aquatint with etching by J.W. Edy after R. H. Colebrooke in Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, published by Thomson, London 1793-4. Pl. 11. Artist(s): Edy, John William (b.1760) after Colebrooke, Robert Hyde (1762-1808)
Scope & Content:
'East view of Seringapatam'. Aquatint with etching by J.W. Edy after R. H. Colebrooke in Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, published by Thomson, London 1793-4. Pl. 11.. Artist(s): Edy, John William (b.1760) after Colebrooke, Robert Hyde (1762-1808)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1794
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 24

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Add Or 24
Title:
The rite of sati. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90)
Scope & Content:
The rite of sati. By Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1780. Purchased. Signed in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i bahadur singh’ (the work of Bahadur Singh); four lines of Sanskrit beneath the picture are a quotation from the ‘Yajñavalkyasmrti’ and its commentary describing the rite of ‘sati.’ Tinted d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 29

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Add Or 29
Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 483

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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

5. Add Or 570

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Add Or 570
Title:
The King of Burma in procession with his army
Scope & Content:
The King of Burma on an elephant in a procession with his infantry. By a Burmese artist, 1870-85. Inscribed on front in Burmese: ............................... (The King leading his army) and on side: .................... (Ma Ma Khin’s parabaik). Opaque water-colour; section from a ‘parabai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1885
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 745

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Add Or 745
Title:
Procession scene to the Chauk Masjid in Murshidabad, headed by a figure on horseback, perhaps Nawab Babur 'Ali
Scope & Content:
Procession scene headed by a figure on horseback, perhaps Nawab Babar ‘Ali (1793-1810) of Murshidabad, proceeding to prayers at the Chauk Masjid. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1800. Water-colour; 15.25 by 27.5 ins. Purchased 14 November 1954. Note: In style this painting closely resembles a set...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 888

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Add Or 888
Title:
Panorama of a durbar procession of Akbar II, Emperor of Delhi (1806-37)
Scope & Content:
Panorama of a durbar procession of Akbar II, Emperor of Delhi, 1806-37, probably on the occasion of the Id or after Ramadan. The Emperor is followed by his sons, by the British Resident, high officials both Indian and British, as well as by troops. The royal procession includes elephants carry...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 889

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Add Or 889
Title:
Panoramic scroll of a procession
Scope & Content:
Panoramic scroll of a procession. Central India, c.1850. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Inscribed in Persian characters with identifications of the various components of the procession. Gouache on paper in sections; the central section showing the ruler could originally have been i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 2490

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Add Or 2490
Title:
Temple festival scene.
Scope & Content:
Temple festival scene; deity in car pulled by ropes. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1850. Gouache on mica; 4.25 by 6 ins. Purchased 10 December 1962.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 2597

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Add Or 2597
Title:
A dead monk in a funeral car
Scope & Content:
An elaborately decorated funeral chariot bearing the body of a dead Buddhist monk lying on a ‘naga’ couch, with figures of ‘nats’ along its base, and with tiered roofs, finials and umbrellas above, being pulled in opposite directions in a tug-of-war by various small figures at its base. By a Bu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item

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