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1. Add Or 958

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 958
Title:
Cook returning from the bazaar followed by a coolie carrying vegetables.. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Cook returning from the bazaar followed by a coolie carrying vegetables and poultry. Water-colour; 9 by 7.5 ins. Note: Reproduced Archer (1947), pl.26.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 1851

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1851
Title:
Indian gentleman riding on his elephant accompanied by a retainer on foot.. Artist(s): Fakir Chand Lal (c.1790-c.1865)
Scope & Content:
Indian gentleman riding on his elephant accompanied by a retainer on foot. Water-colour; 8.25 by 6.75 ins. Note: Similar to Add.Or.123
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 2551

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2551
Title:
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder.. Artist(s): Kapur Singh (fl.1866)
Scope & Content:
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder. By Kapur Singh, an Amritsar artist. 15 October 1866. Inscribed by Augustus Honner on album page: ‘Kupoor Sing of Umritsar 15/10/66’; on mount: ‘A dak Runner or Postman - where there is no ‘mail cart’. The...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3943

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3943
Title:
Silver mace-bearer
Scope & Content:
Silver mace-bearer (‘chobdar’). Inscribed: ‘Chaubdar’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3960

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3960
Title:
Butler holding a quill pen and notebook
Scope & Content:
Butler holding a quill pen and notebook. Inscribed on front: ‘Our head servant. A Mussalman.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3961

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3961
Title:
A Hindu servant
Scope & Content:
A Hindu servant with white coat and crimson edged dhoti. Inscribed on front: ‘A Hindoo Servant.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3967

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3967
Title:
Washerman and women at work by a tank
Scope & Content:
Washerman and women at work by a tank. Inscribed on front: ‘Washermen. This is a Tank in Cuttack where they are washing. You will see here the good beating the clothes get upon the stones every time they are washed so you need not wonder at a nice muslin dress soon going to rags. These are n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4005

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4005
Title:
Washerman (dhobi) and his wife. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
Scope & Content:
Washerman (‘dhobi’) and his wife. The man is beating a cloth on a board by the river; his wife sits on the bank, a clothes line behind her, a pot of water boiling on fire beside her. Water-colour; 190 by 222 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD3123

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3123
Title:
Standing male attendants. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Standing male attendants. Pencil; 14.3 by 7.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786-1793
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD3124

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3124
Title:
Standing male attendant holding a fly whisk. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Standing male figure holding a fly whisk. Inscribed: ‘Patna Bearer. Chauree’. Also colour note for ‘dhoti:’ ‘Dirty light red’. Pen and ink; 17.2 by 13 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1786-1793
Extent:
1 Item