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1. Add Or 3

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Add Or 3
Title:
Village life in Kashmir. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80)
Scope & Content:
Village life in Kashmir. By Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1760. Purchased 13 April 1954. Inscribed on border in Persian: ‘majlis-i kashmir, ‘amal-i mir kalan’ (A Kashmiri assembly, the work of Mir Kalan). Gouache with a little gold; on an album page with yellow and apricot borders, the outer bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

2. 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

3. Add Or 484

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 484
Title:
A river scene with a nobleman in a morpunkhi, with a shrine and travellers
Scope & Content:
A river scene. 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: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 24. In the middle of the river is a peacock barge in which a wealthy nobleman rides, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 887

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 887
Title:
Panorama of Delhi.
Scope & Content:
Panorama of Delhi seen from the Ridge (i.e. the north-west) showing the city of Shahjahanabad silhouetted against the sky; in the middle distance the city wall; from right to left, Garstin’s Bastion, the Lahore Gate, the Kabuli Gate, the Shah Bastion and the Kashmir Gate with St. James’s Church ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4691

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4691
Title:
Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. Artist(s): Jairam Das (fl.1830s)
Scope & Content:
Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. By the Patna artist, Jairam Das, 1836. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Gyah 1836. Jairam fecit.’. Water-colour heightened with white: 150 by 205 mm. Purchased 1994. Note: Jairam Das was an artist much used by Sir Charles D’Oyl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 Item

6. P47

Reference (shelfmark):
P47
Title:
'River Hooghly and Gentoo Buildings'. Coloured aquatint by and after T. Daniell. Views of Calcutta, published Calcutta 1786-8. No. 8, 1788. Presented by Sir H.A. Kirk. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Coloured etching and aquatint of the River Hooghly and Hindu buildings in Calcutta by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) no. 8 of his 'Views of Calcutta' published in 1788. The small sailing ship in the centre of the image is a 'pinnace-budgerow', of the type used by the Daniell Brothers themselves on t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
1 Item

7. P71-76

Reference (shelfmark):
P71-76
Title:
Panorama of Calcutta. Uncoloured lithograph in six sections. Drawn after Nature & on Stone by Fred. Fiebig. Prepared & printed by T. Black, Asiatic Lithographic Press, Calcutta 1847. Artist(s): Fiebig, Frederick (fl. 1840s)
Scope & Content:
Uncoloured lithograph of a panorama of Calcutta drawn after nature by Frederick Fiebig and prepared, printed and published by T. Black of the Asiatic Lithographic Press in Calcutta in 1847. The first section shows Alipore, Kidderpore and Garden Reach and Fort William seen on the right. The For...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
1 Item

8. P80

Reference (shelfmark):
P80
Title:
'Tank Square Calcutta taken from the Scotch Church'. Uncoloured lithograph by F. Fiebig, published Calcutta c.1847. Artist(s): Fiebig, Frederick (fl. 1840s)
Scope & Content:
Uncoloured lithograph of Tank Square in Calcutta taken from the Scotch Church by Frederick Fiebig published c.1847. Tank Square, later Dalhousie Square and now BBD Bagh, lies at the centre of the area once covered by the original Fort William. A large tank in the centre of the square was constru...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1847
Extent:
1 Item

9. P88

Reference (shelfmark):
P88
Title:
'Old Fort, Playhouse and Holwell's Monument'. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell. Views of Calcutta, published Calcutta 1786-8, No. 1, 1786. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Coloured etching with aquatint of the Old Fort, Playhouse and Holwell's Monument in Calcutta by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) from 'Views of Calcutta' published in 1786. This view looks along Clive Street. The eastern wall of old Fort William can be seen on the left. The old Fort was constructed un...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786
Extent:
1 Item

10. P90/1

Reference (shelfmark):
P90/1
Title:
'Part of the Old Tank'. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell. Views of Calcutta, published Calcutta 1786-8, No. 3, 1786. Presented by Sir H.A. Kirk. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840)
Scope & Content:
Coloured etching with aquatint of part of the Old Tank in Calcutta by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) no. 3 from his 'Views of Calcutta' published in 1786. This view shows the east side of Tank Square. Tank Square, later Dalhousie Square and now BBD Bagh, lies at the centre of the area once covered b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786
Extent:
1 Item