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571. Add Or 3944

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3944
Title:
Vaisnava pilgrim carrying Ganges water
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava pilgrim carrying Ganges water. He wears a printed chintz tunic and cap. Inscribed: ‘Man who carrries two Baskets on his Sholdier’ [sic] ‘worshipping’ [sic] ‘to his God.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

572. Add Or 3945

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3945
Title:
Blacksmith seated working his bellows
Scope & Content:
Blacksmith seated working his bellows. Inscribed: ‘Ironman.’ Note: In landscape format.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

573. Add Or 3946

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3946
Title:
Ascetic with a spear, spearpoints in his turban, and a chain on his foot
Scope & Content:
Ascetic with a spear, spearpoints in his turban, and a chain on his foot. Inscribed: ‘Begger’ [sic] ‘ a Man with Iron Chain.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

574. Add Or 3949

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3949
Title:
Two clerks in Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert's bungalow at Hazaribagh
Scope & Content:
Two clerks working in Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert’s bungalow. Both are dressed in white turbans, shirts and dhotis. One is seated at a circular pedestal table writing with a quill pen, the other, with a gold watch-chain and seal hanging from his pocket, stands at the table sorting papers. 449 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

575. Add Or 3950

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3950
Title:
Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert's race-horse, 'Beggar Girl', standing on the race course at Hazaribagh
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert’s race-horse, ‘Beggar Girl’, standing on the race course at Hazaribagh, with cloud-capped hills in the distance. Inscribed on front in sky in pencil: ‘No. 2’; and in ink below: ‘Beggar Girl with a view of the Race Course at Hazarreebaug.’ ‘426’ by 655 mm. Note: Gilb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

576. Add Or 3951

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3951
Title:
A pink lotus
Scope & Content:
A pink lotus (‘Nelumbo nucifera/’family Nelumbanaceae) showing the full plant including stem and root, with close-ups of leaf, flower, fruit and seed of a particularly fine specimen. Inscribed on front: ‘Lotus. Flower & Leaf. Full size 6 feet 4 inches from the root to the top of the flowe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

577. 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

578. 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

579. Add Or 3962

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3962
Title:
Four palanquin bearers carrying an English lady in a tonjon
Scope & Content:
Four palanquin bearers carrying an English lady in a tonjon. Inscribed on front: ‘A lady taking an airing in a Tonjon. Bengal bearers.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

580. Add Or 3963

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3963
Title:
A watercarrier (bhisti) with his bullock and water-skins
Scope & Content:
A watercarrier (‘bhisti’) with his bullock and water-skins. Inscribed on front: ‘A Bheastie, a man that brings water round by a Bullock. the bags are made of Pig’s skin.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item